Tobacco smoking in Pakistan is legal, but under certain circumstances is banned.[1] If calculated on per day basis, 177 million cigarettes per day were consumed in FY-14. According to the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey, 46 per cent men and 5.7 per cent women smoke tobacco. The habit is mostly found in the youth of Pakistan and in farmers,[2] and is thought to be responsible for various health problems and deaths in the country. Pakistan has the highest consumption of tobacco in South Asia.[3]
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- ^ "Pakistan's tobacco consumption: The most in South Asia!". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 17 June 2014.