1000 to 1200 children taking up smoking daily as per reports!

 Every day 1200 boys and girls are addicted to smoking in Pakistan. Smoking kills 160,000 people in the country every year. "Smoking is injurious to health" This warning may have been heard by every man but the situation in Pakistan is that every day an average of 1200 boys and girls are suffering from smoking addiction. According to a study, smoking is the number one cause of premature death. Smoking sometimes results in mouth, throat, and lung cancer and sometimes affects the heart.

Smoking (cigarettes, shisha, cigars, hookahs, and hookahs) kills 7 million people worldwide every year. Smoking kills more than 160,000 people in Pakistan every year and 5,000 people enter hospitals daily, while 1200 new boys and girls take their first puff daily. Despite the deadly effects, the continued increase in smoking is alarming, and experts say that women's addiction is even more dangerous.

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In this regard, medical expert Dr. Muhammad Tariq says that tobacco use causes mouth and lung cancer and various heart diseases. 70% more tax on tobacco products is inevitable. Recent inflation has been a major factor in discouraging smoking. However, experts say there is a need to speed up policy decisions and awareness campaigns at the government level.