Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Govt To Increase Current Rate Of FED on Cigarettes, Other Harmful Items

Govt To Increase Current Rate Of FED on Cigarettes, Other Harmful Items

Tobacco causes more than 170,000 deaths each year in the country, now government took it as a serious concern and in consultation with the Ministry of Health, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to impose Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes in the next federal budget. According to the details, the purpose of … Read more

Coronavirus: 300,000 people quit smoking

Coronavirus: 300,000 people quit smoking

London: More than 300,000 people quit smoking as a result of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A survey conducted in the United  Kingdom has found that the coronavirus is more likely to affect smokers, owing to this more than 300,000 people in the UK quit smoking. The United Kingdom is the second most … Read more

Coronavirus: smoking kills or saves life? David Hockney makes bizarre claim

Coronavirus: smoking kills or saves life? David Hockney makes bizarre claim

Smoking is injurious to health and it destroys lungs and Coronavirus is a respiratory illness which destroys lungs too but smoking cigarette can kill COVID-19 that is what British artist David Hockney claimed. The 82-year-old David Hockney who is famous for his paintings of California pools, wrote a letter to the British media outlet Daily … Read more