Smoking

Global crises disrupt effort to get millions to quit smoking: report
Health

Global crises disrupt effort to get millions to quit smoking: report

Governments had planned to reduce smoking rates among people over 15 by 30% between 2010 and 2025 as part of an action plan tied to global sustainable development targets agreed in 2015

File photo of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital
Bangladesh

Clash over smoking leads to attack on Sylhet MAG Osmani hospital's emergency ward, 8 injured

Govt plans to raise high-end cigarette prices to curb consumption
Bangladesh

Govt plans to raise high-end cigarette prices to curb consumption

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Health

Experts advocate for cigarette price hike to deter smoking

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Mohammad Shafiqul speaks at a workshop at the ERF Auditorium on 12 March 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Social mobilisation needed to discourage youth smoking: CA's press secretary

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

2 girls attacked over smoking: Parties involved in Lalmatia conflict resolved their issues, says Rizwana

Home Adviser sets (another) dangerous precedent: Assaulted for smoking or for smoking as a woman?
Panorama

Home Adviser sets (another) dangerous precedent: Assaulted for smoking or for smoking as a woman?

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

What home adviser said about Lalmatia incident is wrong and why the laws matter

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam. Filr Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

'Smoking in public a crime, prohibited for both men, women': Home adviser urges all to practice restraint in Ramadan

'2 girls attacked over smoking': What happened in capital's Lalmatia
Crime

'2 girls attacked over smoking': What happened in capital's Lalmatia

A screegrab of the advertisement created as part of the campaign. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Govt begins campaign to keep public places cent percent smoking-free

Adviser Farida Akther at the "Obstacles and Actions to Implement Tobacco Tax Policy to Protect Public Health'' seminar today at the CIRDAP auditorium. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Treatment cost is more than revenue collection from tobacco consumption: Farida

A seminar titled “Effective Taxation on Cigarettes” organised by private research organisation Unnayan Shamannay at the Bishwa Sahitya Kendra held on 26 Sep. Photo: TBS
Health

Effective cigarette taxation needed to reduce smoking: Experts