Policies for addressing smokeless tobacco (ST) use in Bangladesh -

Policies for addressing smokeless tobacco (ST) use in Bangladesh

This presentation on “Policies for addressing smokeless tobacco (ST) use in Bangladesh”. Prepared by Kamran Siddiqi, Professor of Global Public Health University of York, UK.

KEY FINDINGS

In Bangladesh and India, almost all ST products are illegal.

84% of ST packs in Bangladesh and 93% in India have no pictorial health warning or the size is too small.

30% ST packs in Bangladesh and 7% in India do not comply with text health warnings requirements;

Recommendations

  • Products regulation: remove flavours, restrict TSNAs, set standards and monitor their contents
  • Sellers: retail licensing and viable alternatives
  • Marketing: strict ban enforcement on online/social media advertising; ST standardised packaging and POS bans
  • Minors: empower communities to enforce bans, legal age
  • Cessation: expand services to cover ST
  • Fiscal measures: increase tax frequently and greater than cigarettes with a minimum floor price = 20 cigarette pack

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Kamran Siddiqi, Professor of Global Public Health University of York, UK

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