Tobacco afflicting over 40pc of Bangladeshi adults

Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday called for tougher enforcement of laws and practical steps to fight the country’s tobacco menace, said to afflict some 4.13 crore adults consuming tobacco in some form, reports UNB.
With just over 9.6 crore voters comprising the adult population of the country on the electoral rolls, that means over 40 per cent of Bangladeshi adults take tobacco - be it smoking cigarettes, or chewing jwarda, or however else.
The data was disclosed during a national conference over implementing the ‘Empower’ policy of the World Health Organisation, that was jointly organised by Health Economics Unit (HEU), National Tobacco Control Cell, Non-invasive Diseases Control Programme, Bangladesh Tamak Birodhi Jote, and Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) at Krishibid institute’s Auditorium in the capital.
Some 12 lakh people of the country develop eight deadly diseases, including lung and heart-related diseases, suffer strokes or even get cancer and around 3.85 lakh people get paralysed for having tobacco-made products, the speakers added. State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Mashiur Rahman Ranga, former chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Ghumal Rahman were, among others, present at the programme.

Tobacco afflicting over 40pc of Bangladeshi adults

Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday called for tougher enforcement of laws and practical steps to fight the countrys tobacco menace, said to afflict some 4.13 crore adults consuming tobacco in some form, reports UNB. With just over 9.6 crore voters comprising the adult population of the country on the electoral rolls, that means over 40 per cent of Bangladeshi adults take tobacco - be it smoking cigarettes, or chewing jwarda, or however else. The data was disclosed during a national conference over implementing the Empower policy of the World Health Organisation, that was jointly organised by Health Economics Unit (HEU), National Tobacco Control Cell, Non-invasive Diseases Control Programme, Bangladesh Tamak Birodhi Jote, and Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) at Krishibid institutes Auditorium in the capital. Some 12 lakh people of the country develop eight deadly diseases, including lung and heart-related diseases, suffer strokes or even get cancer and around 3.85 lakh people get paralysed for having tobacco-made products, the speakers added. State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Mashiur Rahman Ranga, former chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Ghumal Rahman were, among others, present at the programme.