Staff Reporter :
DORP Youth Forum has called for the swift passage of the proposed amendments to the Tobacco Control Act by the Ministry of Health, free from the influence of tobacco companies, in order to protect public health. They made this demand to help achieve a tobacco-free Bangladesh and to safeguard the next generation from the deadly grip of tobacco.
On Monday at 11:00 a.m., during a human chain programme organised by the DORP Youth Forum in front of the National Board of Revenue building at Agargaon, Dhaka, youth advocates reiterated their demand for the immediate passage of the proposed amendments to the Tobacco Control Act.
Appealing to the Honorable Chief Adviser not to delay the process, the anti-tobacco youth advocates urged him to give utmost importance to the urgent passage of the draft amendment to the Tobacco Control Act. They pointed out that every year in Bangladesh, 161,000 people die from tobacco-related diseases (on average 442 people per day), while millions more suffer from illness.
