Demand to ban smoking zones for making public places 100% smoke free
Journalists and dignitaries have demanded that the law must be amended to make all public places, including restaurants and tourist areas, 100% smoke-free. The demand was made at a virtual meeting on January 25. The meeting was attended by members of the Executive Committee of Aviation and Tourism Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB), officials of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Bangladesh and the tobacco control project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission.
Md. Mukhlesur Rahman, Assistant Director, Health Sector, Dhaka Ahsania Mission delivered the welcome address at the meeting presided over by ATJFB President and ATN Bangla News Editor Nadira Kiron. Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Bangladesh's Lead Policy Advisor Md. Mostafizur Rahman and Tanzim Anwar, General Secretary of ATJFB a...