Tobacco Industry Detail
The government has announced significant increase in taxes on tobacco products in the budget for the fiscal year 2012-13, but according to health experts, it alone cannot serve a lot on the subject of tobacco control in the country.
Health experts say that taxes must be increased manifold on tobacco products as evidence shows that price rise of 10% decreases consumption of tobacco products by up to 8% particularly in low and middle-income countries. However, they say that for an effective control on the use of tobacco products for the sake of youth, the government should frame a policy to not to leave any room for the tobacco industry to violate regulations in an aggressive way as is being happening in Pakistan on the subject of promotion of tobacco products.
Tobacco industry in Pakistan is very influential and strong like many other countries of the world. It is using loopholes in the law to its favour and aggressively promoting its brands. Though tobacco control ordinance has been enforced in the country since 2002, it is toothless yet.
Health experts say that developing countries like Pakistan are easy targets of tobacco industry where inherent gaps in tobacco control policies provide space to violate regulations in a more aggressive way. A 1958 law ‘Tobacco Vendors Act’ binds the governments to regulate tobacco sale through licence but it has been conveniently ignored.
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