Share:KARACHI - Karachi Commissioner Muhammad Iqbal Memon on Sunday said that the city administration of Karachi Division will take all possible steps to make Karachi a smoke-free city. He was speaking as a chief guest after inauguration of Smoke-Free Karachi Cycling Rally, started from Empress Market and ended at Mazar e Quaid held in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC), said a communique. He further said that steps would be taken to make public service vehicles and restaurants smoke-free. In Pakistan, tobacco-consuming households spend on average 2.7 percent of their monthly budget on tobacco. Poor households spend 3.0 percent of their budget on tobacco.

Source: The Nation November 29, 2021 12:59 UTC