Chattogram Bureau :
Despite the prohibition on sales of tobacco products near educational institutions, numerous shops and vendors across the City are violating the law by advertising tobacco products around educational institutions . .Chattogram City Corporation has prohibited selling of tobacco products within areas of 100 yards of the educational institutions in the port city through publication of public notice in the local dailies. . The directives of the corporation will come into forces from September 10 next.
In this connection, City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin informed the concerned persons to comply the directives immediately otherwise exemplary punishment will be drawn against the accused.
In a recent survey of the city corporation , it is revealed that there are 885 educational institutions in 41 wards of the city and there are also 5,534 tobacco selling centres including grocery shops, restaurants, floating cigar shops.
City Corporation in cooperation with the CAB, Bangladesh Institute of Theatre of Arts(BITA) , and ILMA conducted a survey in 41 ward of the city and the numbers of these selling centres find out in last year which was placed before the meeting of CCC on November 15 last year in presence of the city Mayor, sources said.
Tobacco use has predominantly negative effects on human health and concern about health effects of tobacco has a long history. Research has focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains more than 70 chemicals that cause cancer.
Tobacco also contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive psychoactive drug. When tobacco is smoked, nicotine causes physical and psychological dependency. Cigarettes sold in underdeveloped countries tend to have higher tar content, and are less likely to be filtered, potentially increasing vulnerability to tobacco smoking related disease in these regions.
Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. As many as half of people who use tobacco die from complications of tobacco use. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year tobacco causes about 6 million deaths (about 10% of all deaths) with 600,000 of these occurring in non smokers due to second hand smoke. In the 20th century tobacco is estimated to have caused 100 million deaths.
Similarly, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes tobacco use as “the single most important preventable risk to human health in developed countries and an important cause of premature death worldwide.”
Currently, the number of premature deaths in the US from tobacco use per year outnumber the number of workers employed in the tobacco industry 4 to 1. Several countries have taken measures to control the consumption of tobacco with usage and sales restrictions as well as warning messages printed on packaging.
Despite the prohibition on sales of tobacco products near educational institutions, numerous shops and vendors across the City are violating the law by advertising tobacco products around educational institutions . .Chattogram City Corporation has prohibited selling of tobacco products within areas of 100 yards of the educational institutions in the port city through publication of public notice in the local dailies. . The directives of the corporation will come into forces from September 10 next.
In this connection, City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin informed the concerned persons to comply the directives immediately otherwise exemplary punishment will be drawn against the accused.
In a recent survey of the city corporation , it is revealed that there are 885 educational institutions in 41 wards of the city and there are also 5,534 tobacco selling centres including grocery shops, restaurants, floating cigar shops.
City Corporation in cooperation with the CAB, Bangladesh Institute of Theatre of Arts(BITA) , and ILMA conducted a survey in 41 ward of the city and the numbers of these selling centres find out in last year which was placed before the meeting of CCC on November 15 last year in presence of the city Mayor, sources said.
Tobacco use has predominantly negative effects on human health and concern about health effects of tobacco has a long history. Research has focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains more than 70 chemicals that cause cancer.
Tobacco also contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive psychoactive drug. When tobacco is smoked, nicotine causes physical and psychological dependency. Cigarettes sold in underdeveloped countries tend to have higher tar content, and are less likely to be filtered, potentially increasing vulnerability to tobacco smoking related disease in these regions.
Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. As many as half of people who use tobacco die from complications of tobacco use. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year tobacco causes about 6 million deaths (about 10% of all deaths) with 600,000 of these occurring in non smokers due to second hand smoke. In the 20th century tobacco is estimated to have caused 100 million deaths.
Similarly, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes tobacco use as “the single most important preventable risk to human health in developed countries and an important cause of premature death worldwide.”
Currently, the number of premature deaths in the US from tobacco use per year outnumber the number of workers employed in the tobacco industry 4 to 1. Several countries have taken measures to control the consumption of tobacco with usage and sales restrictions as well as warning messages printed on packaging.
