Demand for Increased Tobacco Tax and Price in the Upcoming Budget
To protect public health and achieve a tobacco-free Bangladesh, Development Organisation of the Rural Poor- DORP, alongside journalists, social leaders, and policymakers, have called for an increase in tobacco product prices and taxes, as well as reforms to the tobacco tax policy, in the upcoming national budget for FY 2025–26.
This demand was raised during a national seminar titled “Increasing the Price and Tax on Tobacco Products and Reforming the Tobacco Tax Policy in the National Budget for FY 2025–26”, held on Wednesday (May 21) at the CIRDAP Auditorium.
In a national seminar held on May 21 at the CIRDAP auditorium, Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP), along with journalists, prominent social figures, and policymakers, collectively called for an increase in tobacco pro...