President urges stronger laws to shield youth from tobacco harm
President Asif Ali Zardari has called for stronger laws and enforcement to protect people, especially younger generations, from the harms of tobacco products. In a message for World No Tobacco Day, he also urged wider social participation in anti-tobacco awareness.
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said protecting present and future generations from the dangers of tobacco products was a shared responsibility, in a message issued ahead of World No Tobacco Day being observed on May 31.
He said the country’s parliament and provincial legislatures should move to enact laws and put in place effective enforcement mechanisms to safeguard people and future generations from tobacco-related harm.
"The time has come that, besides other issues, our national parliament and provincial legislatures make laws and create effective enforcement mechanisms to protect our people and future generations and effectively resist the merchants of death," the president said.
Zardari also said that, alongside parliament and the government, parents, teachers, artists, poets, singers, musicians, actors, playwrights, healthcare professionals and community leaders all had a part to play in building awareness and discouraging the use of tobacco products.
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