Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have implemented superior strategies to curb deaths caused by tobacco in comparison with India, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
The report released Tuesday, revealed that in Pakistan and Bangladesh cigarettes became less affordable between 2008 and 2014, while India remained one of the few countries where more people can afford to buy cigarettes.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are one of the few countries that have raised taxes on the retail price of a single pack of cigarette with Bangladesh being one of the only seven countries that have raised taxes to over 75 per …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
