Khyber Tobacco Company Limited (KHTC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Koreas KT&G Corporation to secure a royalty license for the cigarette brand Pine Passion Sky, marking a strategic move to expand its product portfolio and strengthen its position in Pakistans tobacco market
While some e-cigarettes, such as the popular Juul e-cigarette, do not contain diacetyl, almost all do contain propylene glycol and other potentially harmful chemicals
Cigarette smoke contains over 6000 different chemicals, and about a hundred of which are considered as harmful and potentially harmful constituents
The persistence of smuggling underscores the limits of tax policy as a tool for behavior change
Smoking increases the number of macrophages, neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells, decreases the number of airway dendritic cells, and alters macrophage and neutrophil function [30, 31]