পরিকল্পনা প্রতিমন্ত্রী ড. শামসুল আলম বলেছেন, ২০৪০ সালের মধ্যে তামাকমুক্ত বাংলাদেশ গঠনে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ঘোষণার বাস্তবায়নের জন্য সংশ্লিষ্ট সবাইকে একযোগে কাজ করতে হবে।
This article was written by Sushanta K. Sinha, a special reporter of 71 Televition. He is also expert on tobacco tax and tobacco control.
According to comparative analysis, the percent changes in price of cigarettes show a very insignificant rise in price in contrast to the visible price increases for rice and eggs,…
The danger is growing due to indecision to ban e-cigarettes. This article was written by Ibrahim Khalil, Project Officer, Bangladesh Network For Tobacco Tax Policy.
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A recent study conducted by the University of Illinois Chicago and Bloomberg Initiative has shown that an additional BDT 30 billion could be collected if a specific and higher tax were imposed wisely.
Every year on May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) observes ‘World No Tobacco Day’. The objective of the day is to create awareness about the ill effects of tobacco use and how we can attain …
Every year, the government hikes the tax on tobacco, an item cheaply available for its low cost of production here. The foremost objective is to discourage consumption …
About 23 per cent women use smokeless tobacco (zarda and sadapata) with betel quid, 4.1 per cent of them use gul. Needless to mention the use of these products is higher among the poor (urban and rural).
The statistics on the fatality of tobacco use is terrifying. As many as nearly 0.127 million people die untimely in the country every year due to tobacco related diseases.
According to the 2017 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), around 35.3 per cent, or 37.8 million, adults in Bangladesh consume tobacco products such as cigarettes, biri, chewing …
The tax levied on the price of tobacco products in Bangladesh at a percentage rate or in an advelorem manner is highly flawed and not properly enforced.
WHO has recommended a 30% reduction in smoking prevalence by 2025, which would avoid at least 200 million deaths by the end of the 21st century among current and future smokers.
Smoking kills more than eight million people every year worldwide, which is more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
We frequently talk about thinking about the next generation while deciding on policies. This line of thinking is also associated with conversations about the education system, economics or the job market.
Tobacco farming was introduced to Bangladesh in the mid-1960s in the Teesta silt of the Rangpur region, where tobacco was cultivated on soil meant for growing food crops…
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) shares some good news: Six in 10 people worldwide are now protected by at least one of the WHO FCTC recommended demand reduction measures, including taxation.
This research title is ‘Neglected vegetables, upward tobacco exports’. Ibrahim Khalil, Project officer of Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) completed the research.
সম্প্রতি বাংলাদেশ ক্যান্সার সোসাইটি ‘দ্য ইকোনমিক কস্ট অফ টোবাকো ইউজ ইন বাংলাদেশঃ আ হেলথ কস্ট অ্যাপ্রোচ’ শীর্ষক গবেষণার পূর্ণাঙ্গ প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করেছে …
আদিবা কারিন জনস্বাস্থ্যের ওপর তামাকজাত দ্রব্যের নেতিবাচক প্রভাব আমাদের সবার জানা। তাই বিশ্বব্যাপী জনস্বাস্থ্য সুরক্ষায় তামাক নিয়ন্ত্রণে নানা উদ্যোগ নেয়া হয়। তামাক নিয়ন্ত্রণের একটি অন্যতম কার্যকর পদ্ধতি হলো তামাকজাত দ্রব্যের দাম বাড়িয়ে এবং এর ওপর উচ্চ হারে করারোপ করে এই ক্ষতিকর পণ্যটিকে সাধারণ মানুষের ক্রয় সামর্থের বাইরে নেয়া। বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থার তামাক নিয়ন্ত্রণ বিষয়ক ফ্রেমওয়ার্ক […]
Bangladesh is one of the largest tobacco consumers in the world with 37.8 million adults aged 15 years and above — who are about 35.3 per cent of the country’s population …
Almost a fifth of the world’s tobacco is consumed in smokeless form. Its consumption is particularly common in South Asia ….
Most South Asian countries are signatories to the WHO Framework Convention for
Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Anyone comparing the packets of tobacco products in Bangladesh and some other countries may notice that the packets in Bangladesh are awfully inadequate to give sufficient information about the constituent elements of tobacco products….
