Big Support for Sugar Tax in Pakistan

Meanwhile in Pakistan the National Heart Association (PANAH), in collaboration with the Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) conducted a poll on complex diseases and mortality caused by excessive consumption of sugary drinks.

Preliminary results from Islamabad and its hinterland indicate 72 percent of people support the implementation of a soda tax to help prevent NonCommuni cable Diseases such as cancer, obesity, heart disease, including diabetes.

National Assembly Member Dr. Noshin Hamid said that Improving public health is a priority for the Government which has taken a number of policy decisions to provide quality health care to the people.

(For more on Pakistan’s efforts see page 8 about their Health Levy Bill)