Anti-Tobacco Groups Urge Immediate Passage of Tobacco Control Ordinance 2025 to Protect Public Health
Anti-tobacco organizations have urged that the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 be enacted into law during the first session of the 13th National Parliament to safeguard public health from the harmful effects of tobacco.
Speakers made the demand at a press conference titled “Call for Enactment of the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 in the First Session of Parliament to Protect Public Health”, held today (Tuesday, 3 March 2026) at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of the National Press Club. They noted that if the ordinance is not passed within 30 days of being placed before Parliament, it will lose its validity.
The keynote paper was presented by Dr. Aruna Sarkar, Coordinator of the Tobacco Control Program at the National Heart Founda...