Workshop on Youth’s Role in Strengthening Tobacco Control Law
A workshop titled “Youth's Role in Public Health Protection and Strengthening the Tobacco Control Law” was held on Thursday (June 19) at the Wazed Miah Science Research Center of Jahangirnagar University (JU), as part of efforts to achieve a tobacco-free Bangladesh.
Dr. Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Chairman and Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health and Informatics at JU, delivered the welcome speech at the event.
In his special address, Professor A.K.M. Rashidul Islam, Proctor of JU, said, “I have personally suffered an irreparable loss due to tobacco—I lost my father to lung cancer. That is why I want to stand with you (the youth) in this anti-tobacco campaign. First and foremost, as members of the JU Anti-Tobacco Youth Club, you must immediately call upon the university a...