Tobacco Companies Must Not Be Stakeholders in TC Law Amendment: Fisheries and Livestock Adviser
Tobacco companies cannot in any way be stakeholders in the amendment of the Tobacco Control Law, said Farida Akhter, Adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. She stressed that the government will never take such an anti-public interest step, noting that tobacco companies’ manipulations have already delayed the amendment for far too long. “No more delay is acceptable. Just as the youth of Bangladesh drove fascism out of the country, they must now lead the way in eradicating tobacco,” she urged.
The adviser was speaking as the chief guest at a discussion held on Wednesday (24 September 2025) at the CIRDAP auditorium in the capital. The event, organized by the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor-DORP, was titled “Ensuring Public Health Protection by Passing the Proposed A...