Hyderabad: A new study published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research has, for the first time, quantified the tremendous economic burden of secondhand smoke exposure in India. According to the findings, secondhand smoke causes INR 567 billion in health care costs annually, which accounts for 8 percent of total annual health care expenditures on top of the
Visitors to cemeteries and memorial parks in Taguig are allowed to stay in the premises for up to two hours only under the guidelines issued by the city government. The city government’s Taguig Safe City Task Force has issued Advisory No. 53 on the operation of cemeteries, memorial parks and colum
Create tobacco-free tourism sector Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent 63 countries including Canada, Spain and Nepal have legal prohibitions on any kind of smoking, including in Designated Smoking Areas (DSA). But our country s law allows DSAs to exist within public places, including inside train, launches, airports, and restaurants, Mokhlesur Rahman, assistant director of Dhaka Ahsania Mission s health sector, said at a webinar held on Wednesday.
The event, titled Role of Media in Building A Tobacco Free Bangladesh 2040 , was jointly organised by Aviation and Tourism Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB) and Dhaka Ahsania Mission.
Speakers demanded that the government lift the provision of keeping DSAs in public places in order to protect non-smokers from being victims of second-hand smoking.