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Pakistanis spend Rs1.2bn on tobacco every year [1]

Although tobacco is injurious to health, people in the country consume tobacco and its by-products worth Rs1.2 billion annually while the government has failed to take concrete steps to protect the masses from the health hazard involved in it.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Dawn (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Tobacco [3], Health Effects [4], Lung Disease [5], Cancer [6], Smoking [7], Pakistan [8]
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