Leaders of various professional organisations have urged the government to pass the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 into law in the first session of the upcoming 13th National Parliament. The demand was raised at an exchange meeting titled “A Landmark Achievement in Protecting Public Health—The Tobacco Control Ordinance 2025 and the Way Forward,” organised by Dhaka Ahsania Mission at Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday. “To prevent this massive loss and save lives, the interim government approved the Tobacco Control Ordinance. He stressed that enacting the Tobacco Control Ordinance 2025 into law would help prevent such deaths. Shariful Islam, coordinator of the organisation’s Tobacco Control Project, presented the keynote paper.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 09, 2026 13:03 UTC