BSS, Rajshahi :
Frequent smoking at public places including railway stations, markets and other amusement areas has been posing a serious threat to the public health here.
The smokers don’t abide by the laws and are polluting the surrounding environment besides annoying the non-smokers. The incidence of hitching and altercation between the smokers and non-smokers is on the rise in the city.
Smoking at public places has been discouraged by law and there is a provision to fine violators of the law.
“We have law to discourage the people from smoking at public places and public transports but unfortunately its enforcement is almost absent,” said Adv Abdus Samad, local unit coordinator of BLAST, while talking to BSS.
He believes many smokers could be prevented from smoking at public places if the law is executed strictly.
Adv Samad mentioned that around 78 percent of the smokers aren’t aware of the anti-smoking law and ban on smoking at public places and transports.
Dr Zahidus Sayeed, Chest Disease Specialist of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, said the smoking causes multidimensional harms to the human body.
In this regard, they said the non-smokers are affected more than that of the direct smokers at public places or transports. So, collective efforts of all quarters are needed to stop smoking at public places.
He said smoking causes cancer, cardiovascular diseases, problems in respiratory and nervous system.
Terming the tobacco as the root cause of all the life-decaying drug addictions, he called for preventing the adolescents from smoking leading to its destructive consequences. So, time has come to prohibit them from smoking.
In the society, many of the parents face embarrassing situation with their addicted offspring’s and are being compelled to hand them over to police or rehabilitation center for their rectification,” said Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahaan, Pro-VC of Rajshahi University.
He called for a comprehensive policy involving social, fiscal, administrative, legislative and enforcement-related issues to reduce tobacco consumption among the teenagers. “We also need to strengthen the social movement against tobacco and build people’s awareness substantially,” he added.
Prof Chowdhury said the students must be restricted from using any tobacco products. He said the government should impose high tax on tobacco products to rein in soaring consumption of the harmful products for the sake of sound public health and the young generation in particular.
He said the number of users is increasing with the rise in population. “But we are not campaigning against tobacco uses properly.” Tobacco farmers should be given incentives to help them switch to farming of alternative crops, he added.
Teachers’ role vital to aware students on reproductive health
Highlighting the importance of making the adolescents aware on reproductive health speakers at a dialogue here unanimously said that teachers can play a vital towards disseminating the idea among students.
They viewed education on physical change, sex and reproductive health for the secondary level students should be disseminated properly.
Local unit of Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) organized the dialogue titled “Sexual and Reproductive Health for School Students” at its office on Tuesday, where some government officials and teachers attended.
District Education Officer Rafiqul Islam and Upazila Family Planning Officer Sohel Rana addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with FPAB District Officer Arun Shil in the chair.
FPAB Life Member Proshanta Kumar Shaha, Upazila Education Officer Muktadir Ahmed, Youth Development Officers Sayeed Ali Sheikh and Jahurul Islam and Social Service Officer Abu Taher also spoke.
Ensuring adolescent-friendly reproductive health services has become an urgent need for making the adolescents free from various misconceptions related to reproductive health.
Frequent smoking at public places including railway stations, markets and other amusement areas has been posing a serious threat to the public health here.
The smokers don’t abide by the laws and are polluting the surrounding environment besides annoying the non-smokers. The incidence of hitching and altercation between the smokers and non-smokers is on the rise in the city.
Smoking at public places has been discouraged by law and there is a provision to fine violators of the law.
“We have law to discourage the people from smoking at public places and public transports but unfortunately its enforcement is almost absent,” said Adv Abdus Samad, local unit coordinator of BLAST, while talking to BSS.
He believes many smokers could be prevented from smoking at public places if the law is executed strictly.
Adv Samad mentioned that around 78 percent of the smokers aren’t aware of the anti-smoking law and ban on smoking at public places and transports.
Dr Zahidus Sayeed, Chest Disease Specialist of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, said the smoking causes multidimensional harms to the human body.
In this regard, they said the non-smokers are affected more than that of the direct smokers at public places or transports. So, collective efforts of all quarters are needed to stop smoking at public places.
He said smoking causes cancer, cardiovascular diseases, problems in respiratory and nervous system.
Terming the tobacco as the root cause of all the life-decaying drug addictions, he called for preventing the adolescents from smoking leading to its destructive consequences. So, time has come to prohibit them from smoking.
In the society, many of the parents face embarrassing situation with their addicted offspring’s and are being compelled to hand them over to police or rehabilitation center for their rectification,” said Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahaan, Pro-VC of Rajshahi University.
He called for a comprehensive policy involving social, fiscal, administrative, legislative and enforcement-related issues to reduce tobacco consumption among the teenagers. “We also need to strengthen the social movement against tobacco and build people’s awareness substantially,” he added.
Prof Chowdhury said the students must be restricted from using any tobacco products. He said the government should impose high tax on tobacco products to rein in soaring consumption of the harmful products for the sake of sound public health and the young generation in particular.
He said the number of users is increasing with the rise in population. “But we are not campaigning against tobacco uses properly.” Tobacco farmers should be given incentives to help them switch to farming of alternative crops, he added.
Teachers’ role vital to aware students on reproductive health
Highlighting the importance of making the adolescents aware on reproductive health speakers at a dialogue here unanimously said that teachers can play a vital towards disseminating the idea among students.
They viewed education on physical change, sex and reproductive health for the secondary level students should be disseminated properly.
Local unit of Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) organized the dialogue titled “Sexual and Reproductive Health for School Students” at its office on Tuesday, where some government officials and teachers attended.
District Education Officer Rafiqul Islam and Upazila Family Planning Officer Sohel Rana addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with FPAB District Officer Arun Shil in the chair.
FPAB Life Member Proshanta Kumar Shaha, Upazila Education Officer Muktadir Ahmed, Youth Development Officers Sayeed Ali Sheikh and Jahurul Islam and Social Service Officer Abu Taher also spoke.
Ensuring adolescent-friendly reproductive health services has become an urgent need for making the adolescents free from various misconceptions related to reproductive health.
