Smoking

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?

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Bangladesh

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

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam. 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

A man vapes at a coffeeshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
Asia

Indonesia raises smoking age limit, will curb cigarette advertising