News Category: Tobacco free campaign
Chhagalnaiya Upzilla Anti Tobacco Taskforce Committee meeting held
Chhagalnaiya Upzilla Anti Tobacco Taskforce Committee meeting was held at Chhagalnaiya UNO office on 30 December 2012. Mr. Kazi Shohidul Islam, Upazilla Nirbahi Officer of Chhagalnaiya Upazilla was presided over the meeting. Besides…
Ward based smoke-free sticker campaign started in Chittagong City Corporation
Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation adopted smoke free guideline in 2010 to protect people from the harms of smoking at the corporation office and it’s premises. The City Corporation has been…
YPSA participated in the BCCP workshop
BCCP, a national capacity development organization, has organized a workshop titled “How to Assess Impact of Tobacco Control Program” during 18- 20 December 2012 in BCCP (Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs) training…
Anti Tobacco Campaign arranged at Feni on victory day
On the occasion of Victory Day of Bangladesh, YPSA and Feni Himan Development Foundation (FHDF) arranged an Anti Tobacco Campaign at different places in Feni on 16 December. Stickers, handbills…
Anti tobacco campaign held on Human rights day’ 12 in Chittagong
YPSA’s Smoke Free project organized an anti tobacco campaign on 10th December’12 on the occasion of Human Rights day’ 12 to highlight the non smoker rights with the support from…
Meeting with Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) held
Journalists have been urged to raise social movement under Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) to quickly pass the amended version of the tobacco control act 2005 in parliament with provisions…
Upazilla Tobacco control Taskforce meeting held in Ramu Upazilla
Upazilla Tobacco control Taskforce meeting was held on 21 November 2012 at Ramu Upazilla office. Mr. Md. Abul Kalam, Upazilla Nirbahi Officer (Acting) of Ramu presided over the meeting. Dr. Akhtarul…
1119 primary schools became smoke free in Cox’s bazar district
YPSA has been implementing the smoke free project in Cox’s Bazar municipality. As a result of continuous advocacy by YPSA and smoke free coalition, Mr. Tapas Kumar Paul, district primary…
Roundtable on “Tobacco Control in Bangladesh: Chittagong Experiences” held
Round table discussion on “Tobacco Control in Bangladesh: Chittagong Experiences” held on 23rd September 2012, at CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka, which was arranged by YPSA and United Forum Against Tobacco…
Meeting on Anti tobacco Program held
YPSA and United Forum Against Tobacco (UFAT) jointly organized a meeting on Anti tobacco Program at Well park hotel and restaurant in Chittagong on 26th July’12 with the assistance of…
World No Tobacco Day 2012 observed
Different programs and events were took place to observe the day in the 11 districts including Chandpur, Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Nowakhali, Rangamati and several other sub-districts of Chittagong division . All the…
Khagrachori Mayor decided to Approve Smoke Free Guideline
The Mayor , Mr. Rafiqul Alam, of Khagrachori decided to approve the Smoke free guideline in the upcoming AGM of Khagrachori Poroshova. The commitment came in a meeting while the…
Brahmanbaria Smoke Free Guideline Approved
Smoke free guideline is approved by the Mayor of the Brahmanbaria pouroshova and the coalition members of Brammanbaria pouroshova have committed to support the Meyor or Pouroshova to implement this…
Meetings on Smoke Free Guideline held in different districts
YPSA organized different meetings on Smoke Free guideline with the respective coalition members in Laxmipur, Noakhali and Bandarban. Guideline Preparedness Meeting held in Laxmipur `Smoke free guideline should not contradict…
CTFK team met Mayor Manzur Alam
A team of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK) met with the Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation ,Alhj. Md. Monjurul Alam, at his residence on 29th January 2012 in Chittagong….
Smoke Free messages to be written on holding tax bills and public documents in BrammanBaria and Chandpur Pouroshova
Leadership training held in BrammanBaria and Chandpur The Mayor of BrammanBaria Pouroshova committed to make smoke free environment by declaring smoke free pouroshova. The mayor was saying this in a…