Speakers at a programme today demanded an amendment to the Tobacco Control Act to make all public places, including restaurants and tourist areas, 100% smoke-free.
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.