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Abul Khair Violating Tobacco Control Law

Abul Khair Tobacco Company Limited has been violating the tobacco control law with its glossy and alluring promotional campaign all over the country. The company has been promoting its brand as a "Brazilian Blend" that "has surprised and conquered the world with its new taste". It should be noted that as per the tobacco control law, any promotion at the points-of-sale is strictly prohibited and a punishable offense. The penalty for advertising tobacco products in the existing law is a simple imprisonment not exceeding three months or a monetary fine not exceeding Tk. 100,000 or both. For each repeated violation, the fine doubles or triples accordingly. If such promotion of tobacco products cannot be stopped via the implementation of TC law, it will encourage more and more youth and low-income people into lighting up.