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Anti-tobacco seminar held in Rajshahi

Anti-tobacco seminar held in Rajshahi

Rajshahi Correspondent

Divisional level anti-tobacco seminar held at Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner's conference room. The program was held under control the smoking and use tobacco products.

National Tobacco Control Cell of Health Services Department and Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner's Office jointly organized this seminar. Divisional Commissioner GSM Zafarullah, NDC was present as chief guest. Additional Divisional Commissioner (Development and ICT) Dr. Md. Moksed Ali presented the keynote.

Dr. Md. Habibul Ahsan Talukder, Divisional Director of Health and Additional DIG of Rajshahi Range, Muhammad Saiful Islam discussed as panel discussants. National Tobacco Control Cell Coordinator Hossain Ali Khandkar spoke as the keynote speaker.

It was informed in the seminar that five times as many people died in Bangladesh in three years due to Corona than five times more people died from tobacco consumption in just one year. The government's revenue from tobacco and tobacco products far outweighs the government's tobacco-related medical expenses.

Mentioning smoking as a gateway to drugs, the speakers presented various recommendations including strict enforcement of the Smoking and Tobacco Products Control Act, encouraging tobacco farmers to grow alternative profitable crops, increasing anti-smoking campaigns in educational institutions, canceling the reservation of areas for smoking in public places.

Heads of various public and private departments, religious leaders and journalists participated in the seminar.

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