Given the strong rural traditional similarities with India, SLT use in Pakistan remains a part of its cultural fabric and a widely accepted social norm.[4] This acceptance is further ingrained by limited access to health education and cessation support in the country, despite World Health Organizations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) proposing measures to reduce tobacco consumption, including dependence treatment.[5]
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Among children, the rate is almost entirely a white phenomenon: More than 15 percent of white students in ninth through 12th grade said in last year's national Youth Risk Behavior Survey that they had smoked cigarettes on at least 20 of the last 30 days
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PAHO/WHO recommends that governments implement provisions to prevent its use and prevent tobacco consumption from returning to normal in society and, above all, protect future generations.