World No Tobacco Day: ‘More people die from smoking than from terrorism’

KARACHI: Smoking kills 100,000 people across the country every year and the death toll is far greater than those who die from terrorist activities, revealed medical experts on Thursday.

During a press conference at Karachi Press Club, the consultant chest physician of the Aga Khan University and the chairperson of the National Alliance for Tobacco Control, Dr Javaid Khan, said that 32 per cent men and eight per cent women smoke in Pakistan.

“The trend of smoking is declining across the world but it is increasing in Pakistan,” said Dr Khan. “The users of cigarettes are mostly youngsters, who are increasingly smoking sheesha as well.” He disclosed that almost 54 per cent people in the country use tobacco in some form.

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