Tobacco: ‘274 dying in Multan everyday’

5,000 people are hospitalised every day in the district as a result of smoking.

MULTAN: About 274 people die and 5,000 are hospitalised every day in the district as a result of smoking, district coordinator for Tobacco Control Cell (TCC) Tahir Khan said at a seminar on Thursday. Khan said about 1,200 people were taking up smoking everyday. Pamphlets containing literature on adverse effects of smoking were also distributed on the occasion.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3^rd, 2011.