Death Marketing -2

Death-marketer awarded again

The producer of harmful tobacco products for public health, British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) has been awarded again by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) under the Ministry of Commerce. Rewards to tobacco company from a government body actually inspires them in death-marketing which is entirely undesirable. In fact, the government is attempting to reduce the deaths and damages caused for tobacco use by imposing higher tax on tobacco products and implementing the TC law and on the other side, the tobacco companies are awarded on various excuses which resembles a dual-policy from the government. Public health is on top and the state is responsible to protect that. So, such activities should be stopped considering the public health benefits.