Use of suparis by school children goes unchecked

LAHORE - The trend of using suparies (betel nut) and gutka (kind of tobacco) among school going children is gaining sharp momentum buzzing an alarming bell among the school administration and parents. The health authorities are yet to wake up from its deep slumber to take an appropriate action to check it playing havoc with the lives of children. The CDGL has neither bothered to launch any drive to stop the spread of different kinds of suparies and gutka nor taken an initiative to impose ban on it as done by Karachi authorities. It is irony that there is no law to put a ban on the purchase and manufacturing of both intoxicants.