Strict enforcement of tobacco control laws stressed

Strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) and Smoking & Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act must be ensured for saving public health and millions of human lives from tobacco catastrophe, reports BSS.
High officials and health experts made the opinion at a divisional level workshop on ‘Implementation of Tobacco Control Laws’ held in the conference room of the Divisional Commissioner here yesterday.
The National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare organised the workshop facilitated by divisional administration and International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and World Health Organisation.
Additional Secretary (Public Health & World Health) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Roksana Kader attended the workshop as the chief guest with Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Kazi Hassan Ahmed in the chair.
Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr Zakir Hossain, Divisional Deputy Director (Health) Dr Mozammel Hossain and president of Rangpur unit of Bangladesh Medical Association Dr Delwar Hossain addressed as special guests.
Additional district magistrates from all eight districts under Rangpur division, heads of divisional and district level different government departments, public representatives, NGO executives, professionals, journalists and elite participated.
Joint secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and coordinator of the NTCC Muhammad Ruhul Quddus delivered power point presentation narrating the grievous hazards of tobacco products on human health, economy and environment.
He said there are over 7,000 harmful chemical substances in tobacco, smokes of bidi and cigarettes, and 70 of those chemical matters are responsible for causing various types of cancers silently leading millions of people towards definite deaths.
He said consumption of tobacco products has been causing heart ailments, heart attacks, brain stroke, paralysis, lung cancer, lung tuberculosis, asthma, cerebra-vascular, coronary artery, chronic obstructive pulmonary and many other tobacco-attributable diseases.
“There is not a single benefit of tobacco,” he said and asked for launching an anti-tobacco movement involving religious leaders, teachers, insertion of curriculum in schoolbooks and enacting time-befitting laws to reduce tobacco use for saving human lives.
Dr Mozammel Hossain put emphasis on creating public awareness about harms of using tobacco products and tobacco-related diseases those have been killing millions of people in the globe annually posing a real threat to human civilisation.
Professor Dr Zakir Hossain suggested conducting anti-tobacco campaign at secondary level schools, colleges and universities focusing harms of consuming smoking and non-smoking tobacco products to save the young generations from tobacco catastrophes.

 

Strict enforcement of tobacco control laws stressed

Strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) and Smoking Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act must be ensured for saving public health and millions of human lives from tobacco catastrophe, reports BSS. High officials and health experts made the opinion at a divisional level workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Laws held in the conference room of the Divisional Commissioner here yesterday. The National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) of the Ministry of Health Family Welfare organised the workshop facilitated by divisional administration and International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and World Health Organisation. Additional Secretary (Public Health World Health) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Roksana Kader attended the workshop as the chief guest with Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Kazi Hassan Ahmed in the chair. Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr Zakir Hossain, Divisional Deputy Director (Health) Dr Mozammel Hossain and president of Rangpur unit of Bangladesh Medical Association Dr Delwar Hossain addressed as special guests. Additional district magistrates from all eight districts under Rangpur division, heads of divisional and district level different government departments, public representatives, NGO executives, professionals, journalists and elite participated. Joint secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and coordinator of the NTCC Muhammad Ruhul Quddus delivered power point presentation narrating the grievous hazards of tobacco products on human health, economy and environment. He said there are over 7,000 harmful chemical substances in tobacco, smokes of bidi and cigarettes, and 70 of those chemical matters are responsible for causing various types of cancers silently leading millions of people towards definite deaths. He said consumption of tobacco products has been causing heart ailments, heart attacks, brain stroke, paralysis, lung cancer, lung tuberculosis, asthma, cerebra-vascular, coronary artery, chronic obstructive pulmonary and many other tobacco-attributable diseases. There is not a single benefit of tobacco, he said and asked for launching an anti-tobacco movement involving religious leaders, teachers, insertion of curriculum in schoolbooks and enacting time-befitting laws to reduce tobacco use for saving human lives. Dr Mozammel Hossain put emphasis on creating public awareness about harms of using tobacco products and tobacco-related diseases those have been killing millions of people in the globe annually posing a real threat to human civilisation. Professor Dr Zakir Hossain suggested conducting anti-tobacco campaign at secondary level schools, colleges and universities focusing harms of consuming smoking and non-smoking tobacco products to save the young generations from tobacco catastrophes.