Provision of Designated Smoking Areas (DSAs) in hotels, restaurants, and trains has been ineffective, rendering non-smokers widely vulnerable to becoming victims of secondhand smoke, according to a study conducted on 118 residential hotels and 355 restaurants in Dhaka city, and 53 passenger trains. Among the 526 venues contacted successfully, only 41 or 8% venues had a
Bangladesh’s current per capita health expenditure is 2.5 percent of the GDP, the lowest in South Asia, and the public has to bear a large share of that expenditure due to low government spending on the health sector.
DHAKA, Dec 6, 2022 (BSS) - Parliamentarians, public health experts, doctors, economists and anti-tobacco leaders have recommended quick finalization of