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E-Newsletter: April 2024
 

জনস্বাস্থ্য সবার উপরে Public Health On Top

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Death Marketing Around

 

Public Health on Top

The tobacco industry is still in its relentless pursuit to confuse and mislead policymakers to drop the proposal of banning e-cigarettes and vape products from the draft amendment of the tobacco control law. To strengthen its ploy, tobacco companies are now publishing reports and articles that are full of baseless claims and devoid of any scientific evidence. Very recently, a report titled 'Vaping is an effective tool to quit smoking' surfaced in a national daily where the President of Bangladesh Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Traders Association (BENDSTA) urged the policymakers to recognize vaping products as tobacco harm reduction tools.

On the other hand, Pabna Bidi Majdur Union (Pabna Bidi Factory Laborers' Association) has raised demands for tax reduction on bidi in the upcoming national budget and handed over a memorandum addressed to the Honorable Prime Minister via the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the district. This so-called bidi workers' association also assembled a wide range of fabricated claims in favor of its demands.

We hope the government will not allow itself to get misled by the concerted efforts of the tobacco industry and finalize the draft amendment with a ban on e-cigarettes and vape products. In addition, the government should also thwart interference from the tobacco industry and adopt effective tax and price measures to promote public health and generate additional revenue.