Tobacco

Tobacco

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

For the first time, sunflower is being cultivated commercially in the area under an agricultural development project aimed at reducing tobacco farming and increasing edible oil production.

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

File photo of Farida Akhter, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. Photo: Collected

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

A torn cigarette. Illustration: TBS

Tobacco a major barrier to Bangladesh's SDGs, NCD death reduction target: Experts