Call for Formulation of Guidelines to Ban Smoking Scenes on OTT Platforms
Over exposure to smoking scenes on OTT platforms—highly popular among adolescents and young adults—is encouraging them toward addiction. Such practices contradict existing laws and cultural values. To protect the youth and ensure enforcement of tobacco control laws, there is an urgent need to develop a separate and specific guideline for OTT content.
This demand was made during a seminar titled "Need for Guidelines to Regulate Smoking Scenes in OTT Content", jointly organized by Madok Draba and Nesha Nirodh Sangstha (MANAS), the Department of Film and Media Studies, and the Department of Journalism and Media Studies of Stamford University Bangladesh. The seminar was held on the morning of April 20, 2025, at Stamford University’s Siddheshwari Campus.
The event was graced by the Vice-C...