Atiya Abdul Karim, Sumera Inam, Abeeha Batool Zaidi.
Inadequate checks on smokeless tobacco usage in Pakistan: cultural heritage or policy neglect?.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;70(1):134-8.

The Asian-Eastern Mediterranean block has increased inhabitation of the smokeless tobacco users. Due to geopolitical reasons, Pakistan is one of the countries which is in danger of suffering from future smokeless tobaccorelated morbidity and mortality due to weak policy measures. This paper is an overview of smokeless tobacco control measures practised in Pakistan, in comparison to its neighbouring countries sharing similar socio-cultural parameters. Tobacco control reports confined only to smokeless tobacco control were extracted for the region of Southeast Asia and Eastern Mediterranean regions published under World Health Organisation. The selection of countries from each region was based upon the fulfilment of the criterion of sharing common borders with Pakistan and holding a signatory status under framework convention on tobacco control. There is a need to revise existing tobacco control strategy to include smokeless tobacco reforms over pricing, packaging and media communication in Pakistan.

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