Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust made sample packet of bidi, cigarette and zarda with pictorial warning to make people concern about the impact of tobacco on people’s health. WBB Trust organized a program on 18 March 2010 to hand over the packets to Dr. Mostofa Zaman, focal person and national Professional Officer of World Health organization (WHO). Kali Larson, official of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Dr. Ehsan Latif, Director (Tobacco Control), The Union, Dr. Shaleeni and Dr. Akramul Islam, Technical officer of The Union, Dr. Shahajahan, Executive Director of BCCP including officers of Aid, Unnayan Samunnay, PROGGA, YPSHA and CAB attended the program.
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Tobacco products like Bidi, Cigarette, Cigar, Hukka, Zarda, Gul, Khoini, and Sadapata should be included in the definition of Tobacco Products of Smoking and Tobacco Products(Control) Law -2005 to complete the Title of the Law. Speakers opined the above in National Leadership Workshop on Tobacco Control law 16 May 2009, at Sky Chef. Speakers said many laws are to be passed for various national needs and there are many empowered personnel to enforce the laws. All empowered personnel should have right to enforce Tobacco Control Law to ease the implementation process of the law.Considering public health and public interest, Government has declared Public places and public transport “Smoke Free” but it is not easy to implement the…
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WBB Trust jointly with Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) organized the 3rd National Workshop on Tobacco Control from 16-17 November 2007 at Proshika HRDC Centre, Koitta, Manikganj. Representative from more than 150 BATA member organizations attended from around the country. In the workshop, Tobacco Control Law Implementation, Law Amendment, Tax Increase, Taskforce Activation issue was discussed.
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