City Reporter
The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child along with Council of Islamic Ideology organized a National Conference on Islamic Injunctions on Smoking.
Fatwa issued by various Islamic scholars declared smoking is impermissible undesirable and unlawful, due to certain negative impacts of smoking on human health.
Lethal effects of smoking are increasingly noticed by society, which is not only felt by smokers, but also by families and residents of the surrounding community who are exposed to cigarette smoke, especially the younger generation, scholars feel the need to remind the public of these dangers.
Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, said that in a young country such as ours, an exaggerated impact will be seen as population and develops myriad health problems associated with tobacco, including chronic lung and heart disease and almost all cancers.
In the absence of changes in tobacco taxation for years, policy planning to influence tobacco consumption and meet international targets needs urgent revision, he added.
Qibla Ayaz, Chairman of, Council of Islamic Ideology, mentioned that smoking is harmful to human and a danger to oneself and to others in the hadith narrated by Ibn Majah, “There is no danger to oneself and to others.”
Cigarettes have proved to be a source of several diseases that harm oneself and harm others, who are exposed to second-hand smoke.
