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.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/pakistanis-spend-rs12bn-tobacco-every-year
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/dawn-pakistan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lung-disease
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan