Islamabad: The reported order by the Ministry of Interior to halt activities of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK) and Vital Strategies has raised concerns. These two International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) had long adopted a stance that they are working against smoking for health purposes.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is considering making cigarettes more expensive in budget 2024-25, ARY News reported, citing sources. According to details, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has started receiving recommendations from the stakeholders regarding the increase in cigarette rates.
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Food Authority (IFA) has said it inspected 15,798 food outlets and imposed fines amounting to Rs20 million on shopkeepers for flouting regulations during the last year. IFA Operations Deputy Director (DDO) Dr Tahira Siddique while sharing the yearly performance report of the authority said the body was committed to ensuring food safety.
ISLAMABAD: Taking action on the recommendation from the Interior Ministry, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has frozen the accounts of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) Tobacco-Free Kids and Vital Strategies for working illegally in Pakistan.
LODHRAN, Jan 06 (APP):Under the special directions of Director General Punjab Food Authority (PFA), Muhammad Asim Javed, a crackdown against health-damaging elements continued across Punjab.
Eleven million U.S. adults use e-cigarettes to vape nicotine, and about half of them say that they want to stop, but many have trouble doing so because nicotine is an addictive drug.
A proposal to increase the age cigarettes can be sold to people in Guernsey has been put forward. Deputies Peter Roffey and Lindsay de Sausmarez want Health and Social Care (HSC) to investigate increasing it from 18.
Cytisinicline was associated with a greater rate of nicotine-containing e-cigarette cessation compared with placebo during 12 weeks of treatment and up to 4 weeks posttreatment, according to results from the phase 2 ORCA-VI trial.
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