Tobacco and alcohol might mean plenty of revenue but Dr Upendra Devkota appears unmoved by that particular argument. As Nepal's Health Minister, he is preparing to promulgate a special order to control advertising of tobacco, smoking and alcohol-the major causes of lung and oral cancer. They may bring in revenue but they are harmful substances that affect health and longevity, the minister told the third national meet of ENT specialists in Bharatpur. "Advertising drinking and smoking for the sake of revenue is like killing more people to ensure a higher sale of wood for funeral pyres," he said.