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‘OTT’ New Trap to Encourage Smoking -Speakers at MANAS press conference on WNTD 2024

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‘OTT’ New Trap to Encourage Smoking -Speakers at MANAS press conference on WNTD 2024 Dramas, movies, and web series popular among young people are promoting smoking scenes by main characters, encouraging tobacco use among minors. OTT platforms have become a new trap encouraging children and teenagers to smoke, with cigarette companies allegedly involved in this […]

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State Minister of Health Assured Support in Tobacco Control

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State Minister of Health Assured Support in Tobacco Control On 23 April 2024, MANAS delegation led by MANAS president Professor Dr. ArupRatan Choudhury met Dr. Rokeya Sultana, Hon’ble State Minister, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to inform about the importance of tobacco control measures to reduce disease and medical expenses as she is appointed

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MANAS Delegates Met Housing and Public Works Minister

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MANAS Delegates Met Housing and Public Works Minister On 23 April 2024, MANAS Anti-tobacco met Mr. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Housing and Public Works regarding tobacco taxation & others priority issues. The delegates led by Prof. Dr. ArupRatan Choudhury, the Founder President of MANAS while Senior Technical Advisor of Vital Strategies

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E-Cigarette: Atom Bomb of the destruction of the young generation!

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E-Cigarette: Atom Bomb of the destruction of the young generation! Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury With the gradual development of global anti-tobacco campaigns, tobacco companies are scrambling to keep people hooked on alternatives by creating confusion in mass crowd. They have a keen eye on developing and under-developed countries like Bangladesh. To sustain the tobacco business,

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Producers and Directors pledge to stop smoking scenes in films to protect youth

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Producers and Directors pledge to stop smoking scenes in films to protect youth On 28 March 2024 MANAS and Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) jointly organized a discussion meeting titled “Film Directors, Producers to Implement Tobacco Control Law” at the Manna Digital Complex of BFDC. In this meeting renowned film directors, producers, and distributors have

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Advertisements on tobacco provoking youths to smoke and drug 

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Advertisements on tobacco provoking youths to smoke and drug    Terming tobacco as a gateway to drugs, experts at a discussion called for saving the country’s youths for the sake of building Smart Bangladesh. Smoking can provoke the youths to take the path of drug use. Direct or indirect advertisements of tobacco in Mass Media (cinema,

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Children and teenagers demand to Ban smoking scenes in dramas and movies

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Children and teenagers demand to Ban smoking scenes in dramas and movies On February 22, 2024 at 3:30 pm in front of the TSC Raju Memorial Sculpture of Dhaka University, a leaflet campaign and solidarity program organized by Madok Drabo O Nesha Nirodh Sangstha (MANAS) and Protyasha Anti-Drug organization with the participation of children and

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Law Minister Assured his Support on Tobacco Control

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Law Minister Assured his Support on Tobacco Control On February 18, 2024, with a delegation MANAS founder president Prof. ArupRatan Choudhury met Anisul Haque MP, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs (MLJ&PA). MANAS congratulated to the Hon’ble Minister for re-electing as MP and re-appointed as Minister. MANAS president emphasized that the role

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MANAS Delegates Met Health Minister

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MANAS Delegates Met Health Minister On 18 February 2024, MANAS delegation led by president Prof. Dr. ArupRatan Choudhury met with Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat. The delegation included Senior Technical Advisor of Vital Strategies Adv. Syed Mahbubul Alam, Project Coordinator, Umm

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MANAS Team Met Home Affairs Minister

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On 31 January 2024, MANAS president, herioic freedom fighter Prof. ArupRatan Choudhury congratuated  Asaduzzaman Khan, MP, Hon’ble  Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs for re-electing as MP and as minister at the cabinet. MANAS president also discussed the tobacco control situation in the country where the tobacco control laws are being violated in various ways. The

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