High prevalence of tobacco use is seen in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). In the
recent years, tobacco users have switched to alternatives falling under the framework of …

Background Pakistan is one of most vulnerable low-and middle-income countries with 29
million adult active tobacco users. Smoking cessation services are lacking as the tobacco …

Introduction Under the current policy landscapes, the lifetime health and economic burden of
smokeless tobacco (ST) products, consumed by over 297 million ST users in South Asia, is …

Introduction Exposure to secondhand smoke is a significant public health concern. Our study
assessed the level of implementation of smoke-free laws in restaurants in Karachi, Pakistan …

Behavioural economics is a comparatively recent topic that challenges the mainstream
economics' basic assumptions. It emphasizes that humans aren't always rational, aren't …

Tobacco consumption is growing day by day everywhere in the world in countless forms
such as supari, tobacco raw, chew, pan, cigarettes, bidi and naswar etc. Tobacco …

Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is a challenge for Pakistan because of its large-scale
undocumented cottage industry producing pouches void of statutory warnings neglected …

Taxation has been one of the least attended MPOWER measures proposed by the World
Health Organization (WHO). Like most of other low and middle-income countries, Pakistan …

Tobacco consumption is growing day by day everywhere in the world in countless forms
such as supari, tobacco raw, chew, pan, cigarettes, bidi and naswar etc. Tobacco …

Dear Editor, Tobacco use remains the single most important cause of preventable morbidity
and mortality globally, with 80% of deaths forecast to occur in low-and middleincome …