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Masud, Haleema, Gill, Paramjit, Sekalala, Sharifah and Oyebode, Oyinlola (2020) Tracking progress of tobacco control in Pakistan against the MPOWER package of interventions : challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 5 (1). pp. 16-21. doi:10.4103/jncd.jncd_42_19 ISSN 2468-8827.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jncd.jncd_42_19
Abstract
MPOWER is an evidence-based package of the six most effective demand reduction interventions to reduce tobacco use. Global evidence shows that introduction of this package has accelerated and strengthened tobacco control worldwide with over 5 billion people living in 136 countries covered by at least one of these key interventions. This paper comments on how tobacco control laws in a low and middle income country, Pakistan, are meeting the MPOWER package provisions and what the challenges and opportunities for tobacco control are in the country. Pakistan is home to over 24 million tobacco users consuming a variety of tobacco products including 10 million smokeless tobacco users. Pakistan has introduced several laws to meet its international commitments under the framework convention against tobacco control and MPOWER package. However, gaps in existing policies, poor law enforcement, and a conflicting political economy of tobacco in the country pose major challenges for effective tobacco control. The changing political environment with renowned public health activists in current government, an active and independent judiciary, increasing use of social media, and a dynamic civil society offer opportunities to strengthen its efforts for effective policy actions against tobacco use.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Tobacco, Smoking cessation -- Pakistan, Smoking | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd. | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2468-8827 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 5 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 16-21 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.4103/jncd.jncd_42_19 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 April 2020 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 April 2020 | |||||||||
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