City Desk :
Experts and journalists on Tuesday observed existing anti-smoking law needs to be amended to make all public places, including restaurants and tourist areas, 100 percent smoke-free.
The demand was made at a virtual meeting attended by executive committee members of Aviation and Tourism Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB), officials of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Bangladesh and the tobacco control project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission, a press release said here.
The speakers said the existing law provides for smoking zones in public places such as multi-room restaurants and public transport which harm the non-smokers from passive smoking, reports BSS.
They observed designated smoking areas in all public places should be banned as non-smokers have the right to protect themselves from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
ATJFB President Nadira Kiron, General Secretary Tanzim Anwar, Dhkaka Ahsania Mission assistant director Mukhlesur Rahman, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Bangladesh’s Lead Policy Advisor Md Mostafizur Rahman also spoke, among others.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission Program Officer Sharmin Akhter Rini presented the keynote paper at the meeting moderated by Media Manager, Tobacco Control Project Rezaur Rahman Rizvi.
