Environment Department Declares 100% Smoke-Free Offices
To protect non-smokers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, the Department of Environment and all its subordinate offices have been declared 100% smoke-free. From now on, all activities of the department will be conducted by following the national guidelines on tobacco control and maintaining a smoke-free environment.
On Wednesday (10 December), at a joint event organized by Dhaka Ahsania Mission and the Department of Environment at the DoE office in the capital, The Director General of the department, Dr. Md. Kamruzzaman, NDC, made the announcement as the chief guest of the program titled “Declaration of All Offices of the Department of Environment as 100% Smoke-Free.”
He stated, “To protect officers, employees, and visitors at the Department of Environment from the harmful...