Tobacco

Tobacco

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Experts call for stronger tobacco taxation ahead of FY2026-27 budget

Proposal sets Tk100 minimum price for 10-stick cigarette pack

Lalmonirhat fields are now awash with the bright yellow of blooming sunflowers. Photo: UNB

Golden shift on Teesta: Sunflowers replace tobacco in Lalmonirhat's char lands

Not raising cigarette prices potentially benefits cigarette companies more than the poor. Photo: TBS

Tobacco tax policy shift could raise Tk22,000cr over next 10 years: PEB study

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Tobacco control is not only health ministry's responsibility: Farida Akhter

Cigarette packets with graphic pictorial warnings are pictured on the counter of a cigarette seller in Mumbai, India, January 8, 2018. Photo: REUTERS

Indian tobacco stocks tank as government levies new tax on cigarettes

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Inside Bangladesh's new tobacco law: Public smoking fine hiked sevenfold to Tk2,000; Tk5,000 set for using vape

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Bangladesh tops in Asia for tobacco industry interference

Panelists at the dissemination event of the study titled Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Bangladesh 2025 at the CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: TBS

Research-based policymaking essential for effective tobacco control: PPRC Executive Chair Zillur

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PROGGA, ATMA welcome tobacco control law amendment, urge swift gazette

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Bangladesh becomes only Asian country to classify cigarette filters as single-use plastic:PROGGA

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Tobacco access for schoolchildren remains widespread: Study

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Health bodies urge swift amendment of tobacco control act to prevent premature deaths

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Bangladesh is leading South-East Asia's fight against tobacco: WHO