Finalization of National Tobacco Control Policy under Threat: PROGGA
The cigarette manufacturers’ organization Bangladesh Cigarette Manufacturers Association (BCMA) has already started a strong lobbying campaign in the Ministry of Finance (MoF)...
Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021: Study Findings Unveiled
The incessant interference from tobacco industry has put the public health of Bangladesh under substantial risk The country's score in the 2021 Tobacco Industry Interference...
Proposed Budget: An Impediment to Achieving Tobacco-Free Bangladesh
The proposed budget for FY 2021-22, if passed, will make tobacco products even more affordable and increase the use among the youth and the poor This would put public health...
World No Tobacco Day
The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) observe 31 May 2021 around the globe This year the theme of World No Tobacco Day is Commit to quit In Bangladesh, the theme for World No Tobacco...
Increase Prices of Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products through Specific Taxation
Increasing the prices of tobacco products through effective taxation discourages the youth to start tobacco use as well as encourages the existing users, particularly those...
Tobacco Control Law needs to be amended to achieve SDG: Professor Dr. A A M S Arefis Siddique
Strong measures need to be taken immediately for reducing tobacco use in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as a tobacco free Bangladesh by 2040,...
Amend Law to End Big Tobacco’s Ill moves and CSR Manipulation: Anti-Tobacco Leaders Demand
With a view to continuing the death trade amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, tobacco companies have resorted to a series of cunning tactics including intense lobbying campaigns,...