Read blogs and perspectives on quitting smoking, tobacco policy and public health from Smoke Free News.
Parents can play a decisive role in protecting children from smoking. By creating a smoke-free home, talking openly about tobacco and modelling healthy choices, they can help children resist curiosity, peer pressure and misleading images of smoking.
Many adult smokers in Pakistan try to quit but struggle to do so without accessible support. Expanding local cessation programmes, counselling and nicotine replacement therapies could give smokers more practical help, while bringing healthcare providers into tobacco-control efforts.
Quitting smoking brings health benefits at any age and can also protect family, friends and coworkers from secondhand smoke. Although the first days may be difficult, stopping smoking can help break the cycle of nicotine withdrawal, stress and repeated cravings.
