• Smoking Patterns and COVID-19: Evidence from Pakistan

• COVID-19 pandemic, considered as a major health challenge in the world, has  led  to deaths, business  closures,  loss  of  income  and livelihoods, a  rise  in  mental  distress and an inevitable impact  on  health behaviours. As COVID-19 is a respiratory disease lot of speculations do arise... [read more]

 

• In United Kingdom cigarette sales declined by 20 million a month after introducing of standardised packaging: Study reveals

• The United Kingdom(UK)  was the second country in the world to implement standardised packaging for cigarette packs.  It is also the first country where comprehensive sales data are available to analyse the impact. In 2017, when the standardized packaging was fully implemented in UK, a new tax on ch... [read more]

 

• Smokers have a high risk in COVID-19 infection!

• COVID-19, caused by a coronavirus, was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province in China, on 31 December 2019. Since then the virus started to spread all over the world at an alarming rate. On 11 March  2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the status of the COVID-19 outbreak from epidem... [read more]

 

• Working for a Tobacco Free Universe: Highlights from MPOWER Research Group Subcommittee Meeting, Hyderabad, India

• MPOWER Research group meeting, a subcommittee of the tobacco control section of The Union, was held on 30th of October 2019 parallel to the 50th Union World Lung Health Conference at Hyderabad, India. Apart from sharing activities undertaken by various regions, a white paper titled ‘Fuelling the Tub... [read more]

 

• Afghanistan and its Tobacco Control Measures

• Afghanistan is a landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. The country has a ubiquitous tobacco culture, resulting in thousands of deaths each year. The most common tobacco products invading Afghanistan are Naswar (used through mouth or nose), Cigarettes, Water Pipe ... [read more]

 

• Women and Tobacco in Sri Lanka

• This post was published in the "International Network of woman against Tobacco" journal, November 2019 Volume. Link to the publication- International Network of Woman against Tobacco Sri Lanka, a small island nation in South Asia, hosts a population of 20.2 million people. Influenced by Buddhi... [read more]

 

• Chinese Cigarettes seeking to enter the Sri Lankan Market

• In May 2019, addressing a press briefing, Minister of Finance, Mangala Samaraweera announced the government’s willingness to entertain applications from cigarette importers. He also declared that the government is considering a proposal to import Chinese cigarettes. Minister further justified this a... [read more]

 

• Size doesn’t matter when it comes to tobacco industry interference: some observations from South Asia

• South Asia comprises a contiguous block of eight countries representing the most populous and perhaps the most culturally diverse region in the world. As a new world plant, tobacco was introduced in the region in the early 16th century and spread across different agroclimatic zones that created seve... [read more]

 

• My musings and thoughts: The run up to the SARC-CCT

• Director’s Cut 1: The birth of a baby It was sometime in the latter half of the year 2017. The same time, or just before the time, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World thing got off the ground. Just before the FCTC Knowledge Hub on Article 5.3 was launched. Yes, that was the time we here in CCT ... [read more]