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BSS, Rangamati

Speakers at a meeting on Tobacco Control here have called for stopping tobacco production alongside creating a mass awareness about the adverse impact of smoking on public health.

They also urged the administration to take appropriate measures to enforce the anti-tobacco law, especially for stopping smoking in open spaces.

The speakers expressed concern over a gradual rise in the production and use of tobacco in the three hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban. Addressing as chief guest the function titled 'Advocacy Meeting on Tobacco Control', Md. Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner of the district, stressed the need for a concerted effort from all walks of life to campaign against tobacco.

Dr. Md. Abdullah, Civil Surgeon, Biswajit Bhattacharjya, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Tarun Kanti Gosh, executive officer of Rangamati Hill District Council and SM Selim Reja, Additional District Magistrate, among others, addressed the meeting as special guests with Kazi Nazrul Islam, district president of CAB, in the chair. Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB), Rangamati district unit, in association with World Health Organisation (WHO) organised the meeting yesterday in the conference room of District Administration. Public representatives, businessmen, journalists, government and non-government officials joined the function.