Youth Representatives Submit Petition to Advisers for Swift Passage of Tobacco Control Law Amendment
A petition signed by nearly 10,000 anti-tobacco youth representatives has been submitted to the office of the Honorable Finance Adviser, demanding the immediate passage of the proposed amendments to the Tobacco Control Law and the cancellation of the government’s decision to meet with tobacco company representatives in violation of the international treaty WHO FCTC Article 5.3. Copies of the petition were also submitted to the Honorable Chief Adviser, Health Adviser, Information and Broadcasting Adviser, and Youth and Sports Adviser. The petition was formally handed over on Sunday (August 17) by Nari Maitree, Development Organization of Rural Poor- DORP, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, and National Heart Foundation.
The petition was endorsed by around 10,000 students from various public and priv...