Health Promotion Initiative a Must for Sustainable Health Development Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart attack, stroke, cancer, and diabetes etc. are responsible for about 70 percent of total deaths in Bangladesh. Tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, physical...
Tobacco Control Law to be Amended Quickly : Health Minister There is no alternative to preventing tobacco-related deaths and reducing illness caused by tobacco use without strengthening the tobacco control law. The Honorable Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen...
Ban Cigarette Filters and Vaporizers to Battle Plastic Pollution : PROGGA-ATMA Meets the Environment Minister The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently called for a ban on cigarette filters and vaporizers, considering the devastating impact of these products on the environment. This time-fitting decision...
Hike Tobacco Products’ Price to Tackle Fiscal Deficit and Safeguard Public Health: ATMA Recommends Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) has raised demands for an effective hike in tobacco products’ prices and taxes to help the government tackle the fiscal shortfall and simultaneously, safeguard...