Over the years, Saudi Arabia has gradually expanded tobacco control policy measures within broader health system reforms to include other measures like smoke-free areas, advertising bans, taxation increase, and increasing support services for quitting efforts 710 In regions with more stringent advertising bans, cigarette cartons themselves become mobile billboards, which promote brand identity and assist with product differentiation
Sadness that is too intense or too prolonged i.e., depression is a disorder that results in dysfunction
Mortality in low and middle-income countries, especially for women, will therefore continue to rise in the foreseeable future, even if efforts to reduce smoking are successful [ 11 ]
But for now, here I am, still reaching for that familiar, comforting silhouette of a cigarette in its pack