Staff Reporter
General Secretary, Pakistan National Heart Association, Sana Ullah Ghumman has said that the tobacco industry is targeting young girls using new tactics in the form of VELO and the government should ban VELO to save young girls.
He stated this while chairing a meeting of PANAH held on Monday to discuss the harmful effects of VELO.
He said that developed nations come up with daily plans for a better future for the young generation. We have the vision to make young girls addicted to tobacco after young boys. And it is being publicized in a beautiful way.
He said girls could not hold a pack of cigarettes, could not smoke in front of their families, but now VELO has been introduced in beautiful packaging to make them addicted to tobacco, already among people suffering from heart diseases due to tobacco.
He said that an individual is losing his life every minute and a half, new tactics are being adopted to make the young generation addicted to tobacco, and the tobacco industry has introduced a product called VELO, which puts the future of the nation’s children, especially girls, at stake.
General Secretary PANAH said that beautifully made to look like, a toffee box or jewelry box, now the girls can easily hide it from parents, teachers and use it in front of people. VELO, readily available in every market, grocery store, stores, hotels, cinemas.
He said that the future of our youth, especially young girls, is at stake. New tactics are being used to create a sick society instead of a healthy one. Government must play its part in keeping tobacco access away from the younger generation. We urge the government to ban VELO.
