Health officials vow to make Peshawar ‘smoke-free’

The participants of a consultative meeting on Monday vowed to declare Peshawar ‘smoke-free’ capital by strengthening effective compliance to 85 percent of existing policy measures for tobacco control.

The commitment was expressed in a round table consultation organised by Blue Veins in collaboration with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tobacco Control Cell, Directorate General of Health Services.

The consultation was organised on the proposed action plan for sustainable tobacco control in KP to facilitate the implementation and integration of the KP Tobacco Control Roadmap 2021 developed by the Health Department.

The action plan is intended to assist different government departments, institutions, policymakers, provincial and district authorities, and other relevant agencies in furthering the implementation of the Provincial Roadmap on Tobacco Control and sustainable tobacco control in K-P.

Addressing the consultation, K-P Standing Committee on Health Chairperson MPA Rabia Basri said that the provincial action plan was anticipated to promote coordinated actions by government and non-government institutions for sustainable tobacco control measure.