Tobacco control: Raising awareness the techie way

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<span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Published: May 28, 2013</span><b> </b></p>
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By </span><a href="http://tribune.com.pk/author/3213/waqas-naeem/" title="Posts by Waqas Naeem"><span style="color: blue; font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Waqas Naeem</span></a><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">&nbsp;</span><b><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISLAMABAD:&nbsp;</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Researchers, activists, doctors, lawyers and journalists in Pakistan now have access to a new online data resource on tobacco control.</span></b>
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<a href="http://thenetwork.org.pk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">TheNetwork for Consumer Protection</span></a><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a consumer rights nonprofit, launched a tobacco control website, which includes a searchable database, at a press conference on Monday, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.
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</span><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nadeem Iqbal, the executive coordinator of TheNetwork, said the database provides general information about hazards of tobacco use, the history of tobacco control in Pakistan, national legislation for tobacco control and publications about tobacco use.
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</span><span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The tobacco control database also provides case law information from around the world which could guide lawyers and citizens in registe