Opinion and Debate: Smoking and Mental Health: Do we have adequate insight?

Smoking has been a health hazard that can lead to a large number of complications. There are global efforts to address this problem. Even the tobacco companies are under instructions to write on the cigarette packs to mention the health hazard as a warning. According to WHO, 5.4 million people died in 2008 as a result of tobacco and by 2030 more than 8 million people will be dying every year from tobacco. In Pakistan, about 100,000 people die every year because of smoking. A local research mentions that 24% male and 16% female college students were regular smokers in Karachi.