Waseem Iftikhar Janjua, Syed Ali Wasif Naqvi & Raouf Alebshehy British American Tobacco (BAT – and its subsidiary Pakistan Tobacco Company PTC) have a long and well-evidenced history of deception and influencing policies. Additionally, within Pakistan, there is a history of BAT gaining the support of British diplomats to influence the policy process. In November […]
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Interference by Big Tobacco in South Asia warrants a closer look
Aishwarya Ashok, Upendra Bhojani, Shivam Kapoor and Pranay Lal South Asia experiences unprecedented levels of tobacco industry interference and the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the sheer vulnerability of the region. When Bangladesh was on the brink of a nationwide lockdown, two Transnational Tobacco Companies (TTCs) lobbied the government to continue cigarette production claiming them to be […]
Pakistan: time for stronger enforcement on tobacco control
Musaddique Hussain, Abdul Majeed, Imran Imran, Muhammad Fawad Rasool, Ikhlaq Hussain, Qasim Barkat, Ximei Wu Tobacco use continues to grow in Pakistan due to lack of awareness about its dangers, low prices, aggressive tobacco industry marketing efforts and steady population growth. According to Dr. Abid Saeed Nima, WHO’s acting chief in Pakistan, new estimates show […]