Waseem Janjua

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Waseem Janjua

Visiting Researcher

Dr. Waseem holds a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the Center for International Peace and Stability (CIPS) at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. Currently, he is serving as a Consultant on Bloomberg Initiative Tobacco Control projects at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.  He has more than eight (8) years of experience working in tobacco control in Pakistan.  Dr. Janjua has also attended a host of tobacco control certifications and courses from around the globe, including a Postgraduate degree in Tobacco Control from JHU USA, Courses from the University of Bath UK, Thammasat University Thailand, and McCabe Center Australia.

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Facilitating providing a policy framework for tobacco pricing and taxation, HTPs/ E-cigarettes/ Nicotine Pouches, SLT, GHW/PHW, and textual rotation policy frameworks in Pakistan in collaboration with Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, and Ministry of Finance

01 Mar,2023
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Supporting the Government of Pakistan in Establishing Policy Direction aligned with MPWER on Smokeless Tobacco Control, GHW/PHW, and Next-Generation Tobacco Products (NGTPs): Facilitating implementation of TCL in Post-COVID-19 Environment.

30 Mar,2021
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Disaggregating Recruitment: Uncovering the Expectations, Obligations, and Hidden Steps in the Labor Migrant Recruitment Process

01 Nov,2017
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Drug and Human Trafficking

01 Jan,2011
Tobacco Taxation in Pakistan Unravelling the Revenue Loss of Rs 567b to exchequer
02 Jan,2024
E-Cigarettes in Pakistan Towards a Policy Statement
10 Mar,2022
NGPs and The Policy Dilemma in Pakistan
11 Jan,2022
Policy Vacuum A Tobacco Industry Fait accompli? NGTPs and Policy Dilemma in Pakistan
30 Nov,2021
Taming the Tobacco Industry – Tax Assessment Monitoring and Evaluations System (TAMES)
29 Oct,2021
Tapping into the Tobacco Industry Profits - Understanding Pakistan’s Tobacco Taxation
10 May,2021
Warning on Tobacco Products – Capacity Building within Legislative Framework
10 Mar,2021
Tapping into the Tobacco Industrial Profits - Understanding Tobacco Taxation in Pakistan
14 Jan,2021
E-Cigarettes in Pakistan
13 Nov,2020

BLOGS

Patterns in tobacco industry practices
16 Nov,2025
EU-Pakistan relations
12 Nov,2025
Tobacco industry distraction?
24 May,2025
The urgency of raising tobacco taxes
05 May,2024
Harnessing tobacco taxation for economic revitalsation
18 Jan,2024
“World no Tobacco Day”– advocating a ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in Pakistan
01 Jun,2020

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