This book describes Bangladeshi tobacco control initiatives from the early days to December 2012, including WBB Trust’s activities on tobacco control with pictures. The book includes 16 interviews on the demand and suggestion for tobacco control law amendment including with Ministers, MPs, public health experts and tobacco control advocates. This publication is also available on DVD in which all video interviews are included.  ...

This book discusses why the tobacco control law needed to be amended to follow the FCTC, loopholes in the original law with photographic examples, and specific suggestions for law amendment.  ...

book presents guidelines for local organizations or individuals who wish to work on tobacco control. The book explains the importance of tobacco control, gives a short brief of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Tobacco Control Law 2005 and Rules 2006, and explains how to monitor law enforcement. Each of the editions focused on then-current challenges in tobacco control and used updated information. The first and second edition focused on the demand for tobacco control law and what can ...

This is the first publication in Bangladesh that documents illegal ads by tobacco companies. This book includes specific sections of the Tobacco Control Law and Rules, and how tobacco companies violate law, with photo documentation. Some success stories from the local level on removing illegal ads and letters related to removing illegal ads, Article 5.3 and Article 13 of the FCTC are briefly noted. Weaknesses of the original law and recommendations for law amendment are included.  ...

The book gives practical guidelines on tobacco control law implementation with examples from the local level. It includes basic information on the tobacco control law and rules, with gazette and government orders on law implementation. The role of local NGOs to monitor law, and how to activate task forces, create smoke free environments, and remove illegal tobacco ads is also included.   ...