Call Not to Violate WHO FCTC Article 5.3 in Amending the Tobacco Control Law
Development Organisation of the Rural Poor- DORP has urged the government to abandon its decision to take the opinion of tobacco companies in the amendment of the Tobacco Control Law. Instead, they called for the immediate passage of the proposed amendment and for ensuring that Bangladesh does not violate Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
This call was made at a press conference titled “Strengthening the Tobacco Control Law and Expectations from the Government for Implementing WHO FCTC and Complying with Article 5.3”, held on Tuesday (26 August 2025) at the National Press Club in Dhaka.
Presenting the keynote paper, Dr. Abu Muhammad Zakir Hossain, President of the Community Clinic Health Support Trust, said that every year tobacco-related diseases...