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National conference on tobacco control on October 28 

Zero implementation of pledges made by the government to control tobacco consumption in Pakistan on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2009 has propelled the civil society to shake the Tobacco Control Cell of the Ministry of Health out of its slumber by partnering with it for a national advocacy conference on tobacco control, which has been scheduled for October 28, should the fragile security situation permit.

Organised by TheNetwork for Consumer Protection under the banner of the Bloomberg Grant Initiative that seeks to reduce tobacco consumption in low and middle-income countries, the daylong conference aims to win the goodwill of the policy-makers to prioritise tobacco control on the government's agenda. The conference will present an overview of the dismal state of implementation of tobacco control laws in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

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