Consumption of tobacco costs Pakistan Rs 615bn per annum

The tobacco consumption is levying a burden of Rs 615 billion per annum on the national exchequer in terms of economic and health costs as the smoking-attributable direct cost is 8.3 percent of the total country’s health expenditure. Anti-smoking experts said this in a virtual launch of “Tobacco Tax Reforms Model in Light of Health […]

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