CSOs asks govt for supporting interventions for tobacco cessation.

PESHAWAR -- Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco Control, an alliance of the civil society organizations (CSOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has demanded of the provincial government to support and encourage the cost-effective and accessible intervention for tobacco cessation.

The alliance is established by a non-governmental organization (Blue Veins) to promote proactive efforts of CSOs on tobacco control and supporting provincial authorities on tobacco control policies, measures and efforts for smoke/tobacco-free environment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Addressing a press conference here at Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on Tuesday, Zartasha Abid, Programme Officer, Blue Veins urged the provincial government for adopting a comprehensive and effective population based approaches to promote smoking cessation and health education campaigns, programmes and interventions for sustainable tobacco control.

She said that according to (Ministry of National Health Services, 2018) almost 23.9 million adults use tobacco in any form in the country and tobacco is a cause of death of around 160,100 persons every year.

She said that Pakistan has ratified World Health Organization (WHO)'s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2005 and has been taking proactive efforts in compliance to FCTC.

However, a comprehensive public health approach is required to introduce, support and promote stigma-free and accessible cessation services to encourage people to quit tobacco-use.

Zahoor Ahmad, a representative of GOLD...

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