RANGPUR, May 31, 2022 (BSS) - Experts at a discussion today stressed on creating public awareness on ruthless health risks associated with consumption of smoking and non-smoking tobacco products to reduce consumption and save human lives.
 
They viewed this at the discussion on 'Implementation of Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act' at the Deputy Commissioner's conference room to observe the World No Tobacco Day-2022 with the theme 'Tobacco is killing us and our planet'.
 
The Civil Surgeon's Office with the district administration and other organizations organized the programs.

Deputy Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan attended the discussion as the chief guest with Civil Surgeon Dr. Shamim Ahmed in the chair.
 
Additional District Magistrate Md. Firujul Kabir, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Ruhul Amin, Sadar Upazila Health and family Planning Officer Dr. Rabi Sankar Mandal and District Sanitary Inspector Mahbub Rahman addressed.
 
The speakers discussed severe consequences of consumption of smoking and non-smoking tobacco products citing that every sixth adult death is being caused by tobacco attributed diseases in the country.
 
Millions of people are being affected by indirect smoking alongside causing huge losses to the public health, economy and environment by production, processing and consumption of tobacco products.
 
They stressed on strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA), Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act and Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Rule by a section of tobacco companies.
 
The Civil Surgeon said many people are dying from tobacco attributed diseases and many others becoming patients of lung cancer, cerebra-vascular, coronary artery, chronic obstructive pulmonary and other tobacco-attributable diseases every year.
 
The chief guest stressed on popularizing cultivation of substitute crops to tobacco to save many human lives and ensure smooth national development for attaining the sustainable development goals by 2030 on the way to build a developed Bangladesh by 2041.