University Bangladesh and Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust organized discussion meeting at Shiddheswary campus auditorium of Stamford University Bangladesh on 31 January 2017. Speakers opined, All sorts of tobacco advertisements, promotion and sponsorships are banned by the tobacco control law. So, death-stick seller tobacco companies are conducting various deceptive activities to addict youth in tobacco use. From the moral position and principle of international tobacco control treaty, it is necessary to refrain from supporting tobacco industries to arrange any ...

the public health, Bangladesh government has taken various initiative in tobacco control i.e. formulation of tobacco control act and rules. But, tobacco companies are violating the law in many ways as well as organizing program titled “Battle of mind” as their market promotional strategy. This type of activities is one kind strategy to influence policy makers along with market promotion. Addressing the issue, with the support of Work for a Better Bangladesh trust, Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) organized a sit-in-place ...

Tobacco companies are establishing point of sale anywhere and everywhere across the country. Due to easy availability of tobacco products, children studying in educational institutions located in these areas are becoming interested in tobacco use. To withstand the situation, BATA leaders urged for adopting compulsory provisions of licensing to sell tobacco products. ...

Aiming to public health development and effective tobacco control, National Tobacco Control Cell and other government organizations should adopt code of conduct for article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). On 27 December 2016, experts opined this in the “Sharing meeting on draft code of conduct for FCTC Article 5.3 implementation” held at Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust meeting room.  ...

On 20 December 2016, Seminar on “Necessity of implementation of FCTC article 5.3 for tobacco control” organized in the conference hall of Barishal Divisional Commissioners’ office. The seminar chaired by Divisional Commissioner of Barishal Md. Gaous. Dr. Abu Zafar, Assistant Director of Director (Health) office; Director of WBB Trust Gaous Pearee; Israt Jahan, Senior Assistant commissioner of Barishal Divisional Commissioners’ office; kazi Enayet Hossain, Executive Director of Scope addressed in the seminar. ...