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Implement anti-smoking laws, experts ask government  

PESHAWAR: Expressing concern over violation of 'Prohibition of Smoking Ordinance 2002', health experts have pressed on the need for devising an efficient plan of action to ensure implementation of the said law to avoid tobacco hazards and have a tobacco-free society. This suggestion was unanimously underscored by experts in a one-day workshop on Development of Work Plan for Tobacco Control, arranged jointly by Federal Tobacco Control Cell, Provincial Health Department and WHO here Sunday. Experts and authorities from various sectors took part in the workshop. Shaheen Masood, Federal Cell for Tobacco Control DG, said the workshop was aimed at ensuring support of major stakeholders to accelerate efforts for controlling tobacco use and hammer out a plan of action for tobacco control. She said Pakistan was one of the most tobacco consuming countries in South Asia

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