Youth Call for Rapid Passage of Tobacco Control Law Amendment and Tax Increase
To reduce tobacco use in the country and protect the future generation from the harms of tobacco, students from various universities have called for an increase in tobacco taxes and the immediate passage of the proposed amendment to the Tobacco Control Law in the upcoming national budget for 2025-26.
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, students from Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh University, UITS, International University of Scholars, Dhaka International University, and others gathered in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh, Dhaka, organized by the Ahsania Mission Youth Forum for Health and Well-being. They participated in a student-youth rally titled “Demand for Immediate Passage of Proposed Amendment to the Tobacco Control Law and Increase in Tobacco Tax.”
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