Ban on designated smoking area in restaurants, hotels urged
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that the government lifts the provisions of keeping designated smoking
area (DSA) in restaurants and hotels to save people from being victim
of second hand smoking.
tourist areas, including restaurants smoke-free.
Aviation and Tourism Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB) and
Dhaka Ahsania Mission organized the virtual view exchange meeting
titled ‘Role of media in building a tobacco free Bangladesh 2040’.
Mokhlesur Rahman, assistant director, health sector, Dhaka Ahsania
Mission in his speech said that 63 countries, including Canada, Spain
and Nepal, have laws prohibiting any kind of smoking including keeping
the provision DSA in public places.