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BSS, Barguna

The Anti-tobacco law is yet to enforce in the district as general people as well as members of law enforcers smoke cigarette at public places without any care or fear.

In the initial stage when the Anti-smoking law was promulgated, those who used to smoke at public places stopped their old habit considering punishment under the law.

But with the passage of time, the smokers started the same practice everywhere, including in buses, tempos and launches, as there was no implementation of the law anywhere in the district.

Smoking was banned at academic institutions, offices, courts, cinema halls premises, etc under the law. But there is a common phenomena of smoking cigarettes by some school teachers in the district and even the addicted teachers buy cigarettes from the shops with the help of their students.

Besides, staff of different offices, including police, traffic servants, doctors and lawyers smoke cigarette and entertaining others.