Regional Conference in Sylhet: “Tobacco Control: Actions Required”;24.10.09
The regional conference on “Tobacco Control: Actions Required” held on October 25th in Sylhet, is the second consecutive discussion arranged by the Unnayan Shamannay under the PATT project. The honorable parliament member Mr. Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury was presented in the meeting as a chief guest. Along with him, there were other significant members of civil society also attended the discussion. The ceremony was conducted by the team leader of the PATT project, Mr. Zulfikar Ali. The project coordinator, Mr. Chinmoy Mutsuddi, gave a brief presentation on the objectives of the project along with the importance of tobacco control. Further, Mr. Zulfikar Ali focused on the possible steps that can be taken to reduce the consumption of tobacco. By agreeing with previous spokesmen, the honorable parliament member committed to raise the issue of increasing tax on tobacco goods in next year’s budget. He said,” I have planned to recommend this proposal of raising tax on bidi and other tobacco goods in next budgetary plan under the ‘rule of 71’. Besides these, there are many other discussants in the conference who provided their important suggestions of how to improve our strategies to implement our policies of raising tax in next budgetary plan.
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To inform participants about the Policy Advocacy for Tobacco Taxation (PATT) project.
