No smoking
Introducing new policies may appear straightforward on paper, yet their true value lies in effective and timely implementation. Pakistan’s experience serves as a reminder: the Higher Education Commission introduced a…
Can e-cigarettes help you quit smoking?
Giving up smoking is easier said than done because many adults resort to the natural quitting method — quitting cold turkey. This can have the capacity to increase the urge…
Uzair ‘the smoking gun’?
Lyari mobster, crime boss and political worker Uzair Jan Baloch, the former chief of the militant group formed by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the Peoples' Aman Committee (PAC), was…
Smoking paradise Japan tries to kick the habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations. The…
Zarb-e-Azb, smoking and lung cancer
Zarb-e-Azb has begun. The stern military action that various circles in and outside Pakistan have demanded for years is now finally taking place. Some Pakistanis have expressed their support for…
The Panjnad debate
IT is not often that ordinary villagers and technical experts converge in their observations. But in the case of Panjnad Barrage, they do. From Jalalpur Pirwala to Shujabad, people have…
Prohibition: a policy of fear, not facts
Tobacco has been used across societies for generations, yet it is only with modern research that its risks and alternatives have come into sharper focus. Modern research has established that…
Alarming normalisation of vaping in Pakistani youth
In recent years, Pakistan has witnessed a concerning rise in flavoured vape use among youth and children. Public health experts warn that this alarming trend can spiral into a major…
LSBE and youth
RECENTLY, a 19-year-old newlywed was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Karachi in a comatose state. She had experienced brutal sexual violence allegedly at the hands…
Death by loneliness
It came as very sad news that the body of actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali was found in an apartment in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority. After her mortal remains…
