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News Category: Tobacco free campaign

Chittagong City Corporation has declared smoke free by the mayor, Mr. Mohammed Manjur Alam

Mr. Mohammed Manjur Alam, Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation has declared smoke free Chittagong City Corporation. He said that 41 ward offices of Chittagong City Corporation would be smoke free…

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Human Chain to demand an end to tobacco cultivation in Bandarban (CHT)

A human chain was organized to demand an end to tobacco cultivation in the Bandarban in front of Zilla Press Club on 9 November.  The demand was made by the…

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YPSA handed over No Smoking Signage to the ADC of Feni

YPSA handed over No Smoking Signage to the ADC of Feni

YPSA  handover No Smoking Signage to Md Altab Hossain Chowdhury, ADC (general) of Feni District. He has declared the Feni District Commissioner Office and it’s premises as  Smoke Free Zone….

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YPSA handed over Smoke Free Signage to the Mayor

YPSA has handed over smoke free signage to the Mayor while the honorable Mayor, Mr. Monjur Alam, of Chittagong City Corporation has committed to provide all kind of cooperation and…

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workshop on “Smoke free guideline and its implementation” held in Comilla and Feni

Advocacy and lobbying workshop on “Smoke free guideline and its implementation” was held in Comilla Municipality. Chief Executive of Comilla Municipality, Deputy Civil Surgeon of Comilla district, Secretary of Bangladesh…

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Smoke free Cox’s Bazar Municipality declared

Tourist city Cox’s Bazar Municipality has been declared as “Smoke Free Cox’s Bazar Municipality” by the Mayor of Cox’s Bazar Municipality Mr. Sarowar Kama in an occasion on 26 September….

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Meeting of Potiya Upzilla Task Force Committee on “Smoke free guideline and its implementation”

Meeting of Potiya Upzilla Task Force Committee on “Smoke free guideline and its implementation” was held at Potiya Upzilla Health Complex on 19 September 10.

YPSA’s Participation in the 2010 Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program in Baltimore, USA

The Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), Baltimore, USA has organized 5th Annual Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program, a two…

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No Tobacco day at Chittagong

YPSA observed ‘World No Tobacco Day 10’ at the different districts of the country

YPSA observed ‘World No Tobacco Day 10’ ,on 31 May 2010 , at all districts of Chittagong division with the coordination of government initiatives demanding proper execution of Smoke Free…

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Bangladesh 2nd Sub-National Smoke-Free Project Workshop ended

Bangladesh 2nd Sub-National Smoke-Free Project Workshop organized on 17-19 May, 2010. YPSA and PROGGA jointly arranged the 2nd  Sub-National workshop, three day long, on Smoke Free issue titled as “Bangladesh 2nd Sub-National Smoke-Free Project…

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BATA meet state minister Sahara Khatun

A delegation team of “Bangladesh Anti Tobacco Allaince (Bangladesh Tamak Birodhi Jote-BATA)” met honorable Home Minister Mrs. Sahara Khatun MP on her government residence on 9 May. The delegation team…

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Meeting at Cox'sbazar

Workshop on Review of Smoke Free guideline held in Feni, Comilla and Cox’s Bazar Municipalities

YPSA has developed draft smoke free guideline with the collaboration of Smoke free coalitions for Feni, Comilla and Cox’s Bazar Municipality with the aim to protect the non smoking people of Chittagong andBangladesh working…

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Orientation Workshop on Smoke Free Policy held in Comilla

YPSA organized a Orientation Workshop on Smoke Free Policy in Comilla on 1st March with the assistance of Bloomberg Initiatives and Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.. All the Coalition members…

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Secretary visits YPSA stall at Ramu

Secretary visits YPSA stall at Ramu

Sheikh Altaf Ali, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh visited YPSA’s stall at Ramu under Cox’s Bazar district on 25 February. Md Harun, YPSA Official presented…

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Regional MPOWER/FCTC workshop held in Bangkok

The regional MPOWER/FCTC workshop held from 3rd to 8th February 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand organized by The UNION. The workshop was based on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control…

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Meeting on “importance of tax mounting to control tobacco use” at Chittagong

Meeting on “importance of tax mounting to control tobacco use” at Chittagong

YPSA and Unnayan Shomonnoy jointly organized meeting on “importance of tax mounting to control tobacco use” at Chittagong on 6 February. Moin Uddin Khan Badol, Member of Parliament was present…

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Capacity Building workshop held

YPSA organized  capacity building workshop from 29th to 31st January 2010 in YPSA HRDC, Chittagong Campus with the assistance of CFTFK and BI. The workshop was mainly focused on Smoke…

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Workshop on the “Guideline for Smoke Free Policy” held

Orientation workshop on the “Guideline for Smoke Free Policy” was held in Feni on 26th January organized by YPSA with the support from CFTFK and BI. Councilors of Feni Municipality…

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Course on Management and Leadership accomplished in India

The Union organized a Course on Management and Leadership from 11th to 18th January held in Bhubaneswar, Urissa, India with the assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies. A total of 23 participants…

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Poster on Smoke Free campaign launched at Cox’s Bazar

Poster on Smoke Free campaign was launched at District Commissioner Hall Room, Cox’s Bazar on 13 January. Mr. Humayun Kabir Khondakar, ADC presided the lunching program. Mr. Giash Uddin Ahmed,…

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