Health Promotion Foundation, the demand antitobacco leaders

The national budget on Saturday (May 23) at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity is to uphold the claim. Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance, Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust and the National Tuberculosis prevention association jointly organized the press conference.

Coming on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, demanding an increase in the price of tobacco products, the speakers said, tobacco leads to the gradual death. Smoking and tobacco use to those who have been attacked, one of them died from tobacco-related diseases.

However, with the World Health Organization, citing, in the world every year, 60 million people died from tobacco-related diseases. The 57 thousand people die every year due to tobacco use. 3 of the 8 million people are crippled from tobacco-related diseases.

Citing statistics hosting the leaders of the country, about 43 percent of people using tobacco in any way. The use of tobacco by men and women 9 to 58 percent.

In addition, almost 63 percent of people said that they were the victims of workplace secondhand smoke. Tobacco aggression to save the people from the nine-point recommendation to be presented on behalf of organizations.

Among the recommendations, by tobacco, chewing tobacco, tobacco ha the lowest priced of all kinds, the lowest price per packet of 10 bidis to pay 70 percent tax.

Whiteleaves or prohibit the sale,  all tobacco packages and placed under the law to provide a warning to those responsible for identifying the source of smuggled cigarettes seized tobacco products, smuggling of destruction of public be imposed on tobacco products in public health expenditure in a planned manner to ensure the development of  to other countries in the light of the Health Promotion Foundation.

Attended the news conference, Muzaffar Hussain Paltu veteran politician, anti-tobacco coalition coordinator Saifuddin Ahmed, an alliance member Helal Uddin, Secretary General khayerudin others.