Top Cancer Experts and 150 Doctors Urge Tobacco Tax Hike to Save Lives in Bangladesh

To discourage tobacco use and protect the public from its devastating impact and associated health risks, the country’s leading cancer specialists, along with 150 doctors from Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital, have called on the government to increase the price and tax on tobacco products. In a powerful joint statement, they have urged the government to increase tobacco taxes and prices to discourage use and protect public health. The signatories include eminent cancer specialists such as Prof. Dr. Syed Akram Hussain, Member of the Health Sector Reform Commission and Senior Consultant in Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy at Square Hospital; Prof. Dr. M A Hai, Director of the Bangladesh Cancer Society Hospital and Welfare Home; Prof. Dr. Golam Mohiuddin Faruque, President of ...