News Category: Tobacco free campaign
Volunteer group “Smoke Free Generation” celebrated Bangladesh’s Victory Day
YPSA and its volunteer group “Smoke Free Generation” organized an anti tobacco campaign and celebrated 44th anniversary of national victory day at Shohid Minner Chattar, Chittagong on 16 December 2015 At…
Workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law held with government officials in Feni
YPSA organized a workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law in Feni with the assistance of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and Bloomberg Philanthropies on 9th December 2015 at the…
Workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law in Khagrachari held
YPSA and Civil surgeon Office of Khagrachari district jointly organized a workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law in Khagrachari with the assistance of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and…
Meeting on “Implementation of Tobacco Control law in Laxmipur” held
A sharing meeting on “Implementation of Tobacco Control law in Laxmipur” was held on 11 November 2015 at the conference hall of civil surgeon office, Laxmipur. Dr Md Golam Faruque…
Anti tobacco campaign held at M A Aziz Stadium during the semi final match of Shek Kamal International Club tournament
An anti tobacco campaign was held at M A Aziz Stadium during the semi final match of Shek Kamal International Club tournament on 27 October organized by YPSA’s volunteer group…
Representatives from US based organization CTFK met mayor of Chittagong City Corporation
“10 million BDT has been allocated in the current fiscal year’s budget for tobacco control initiative. It will be spend in a constructive way and the size of the fund…
Symposium on Global Tobacco Control titled “Learning from the Experts: A Course for Healthcare Professionals” held
The leading social development organisation of Chittagong, YPSA and Dhaka based organisation, BCCP (Bangladesh Center for Communication Program) jointly organized a symposium on Global Tobacco Control titled as “Learning from…
Workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law held in Bandarban
YPSA and Hill Top jointly organized a workshop on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law at DC office, Bandarban on 4th October 2015. The main objectives of the workshop were to…
Chittagong City Corporation allocated 10 million BDT for implementing tobacco control initiatives in their annual budget
A.J.M. Nasir, Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation declared the annual budget for the fiscal year of 2015-2016 on 7th August 2015. The City Corporation allocated Ten million taka in their budget…
Director, Health, Chittagong division issued a circular to all Govt. health centers to make their places smoke-free
Dr Alauddin Majumdar, Director, Health, Chittagong Division has issued a circular to all Health facilities/centers of Chittagong Division on 26th August 2015 with some instructions and directions for taking initiatives for making…
As a non-smoker my striving would be continued to protect people from secondhand smoke – Mayor
Representatives from YPSA and Anti-tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) met mayor of Chittagong City Corporation for allocating budget for implementation of tobacco control law and Tobacco Free Guideline in their upcoming…
Smoke Free Cultural Campaign held in Comilla
YPSA organized a cultural campaign at Pourashava Park in Comilla to spread smoke free message with song. The volunteer sung different songs which lyrics includes various messages such as, In…
NTCC, MOHFW and DC Office of Bandarban arrange workshop on Tobacco Control law
NTCC & Ministry of Health and Family welfare with the support of District Commissioner office of Bandarban organized Workshop on Tobacco Control law Implementation. Mr Mizanul Hoque Chowdhury, District Commissioner…
Periodic meeting of Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) held
Periodic meeting of Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) held on August 13, 2015 at Mandarin Restaurant. ATMA members urged to fine Tobacco Company besides fining individual.
6 local governments of Ctg. division allocated budget 14,85,000 BDT for implementaion of Smoke Free Guideline and TC law
YPSA has been implementing a project titled “Promoting smoke Free local Government and Public Spaces in Bangladesh” with the support of CTFK since April 2009 aiming to promote smoke free…
Mobile court fined 2300 taka for Tobacco advertisement in Cox’s Bazar
A mobile court was operated in Cox’s Bazar on 21 June’15 to enforce the law of tobacco control. The court fined 3 shops Tk. 2300.00 for violating law by displaying tobacco…
YPSA observed World No Tobacco Day 2015 in 11 districts of Chittagong division
YPSA observed World No Tobacco Day’15 on 31st May in all 11 districts of Chittagong Division jointly with District Civil Surgeon Office and District Tobacco Control Taskforce. The theme of…
Barhmanbaria Pourosova commits to continue tobacco control initiatives and allocate budget
YPSA has organized a lobbying meeting with Brahmanbaria Pourosova on “Budget allocation for implementing tobacco control initiatives” on 28th May 2015 in Brahmanbaria Pourashava with the support of Campaign for…
Comilla City Corporation printed 4000 Smoke Free vigilance notices and organized meeting from their own budget
In the fiscal year 2014-2015, Comilla City Corporation allocated budget of one lac (0.1 million) Taka for implementing the smoke free guideline and Tobacco control activities. From this budget Comilla…
Tobacco control task force meeting held in Comilla
Tobacco Control Task force meeting was held on 21 May 2015 Comilla Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office conference room in Comilla. Md. Hasanuzzaman Kollol, Deputy Commissioner of Comilla district and President of tobacco control…