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• Smoking banned in all Punjab prisons 

THE Punjab government has announced a ban smoking in all the prisons of the province.

Punjab Prisons Minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor, while addressing the inaugural session of workshop on "Tobacco Smoking-A Preventable Epidemic" at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Tuesday, said the level of awareness about the hazards of smoking, second hand smoking, responsibilities and authorities under the law and the initiatives taken by the government for tobacco control was extremely low among the masses. He further said there was a dire need to evolve an effective strategy for the implementation of the existing laws. On this occasion, the minister announced an immediate ban on smoking in all the prisons of the province.

The workshop was organized by the UHS Centre for Health Environment Studies in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of Health, Punjab Health Department and Green Future.

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