News Category: Tobacco free campaign
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…
Tobacco control task force meeting held in Cox’s Bazar
Tobacco Control Task force meeting was held at Cox’s Bazar District Administration Office on 19 May 2015. Mr. Md. Ali Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar district and President of…
MOLGRD&C will circular a notice to all local government for ensuring smoke free LG
YPSA has organized a sharing meeting on “Implementation of Tobacco Control Law and the Role of Local Government” on 8th April’ 15 at the conference room of DPHE, Dhaka with the…
Sticker campaign at International Trad Fair
YPSA volunteer group Smoke Free Generation organized anti tobacco sticker campaign at International Trad Fair in Chittagong on 27 March 2015. More than 150 thousand people came to the International…
Meeting on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law held at Feni
“Mobile court and taskforce meetings will be conducted in Feni Distract to enforce the Tobacco Control Law. A coordinated effort is needed from all government departments including the local government…
Anti tobacco campaign arranged on International Mother Language Day
YPSA and a volunteer group “Smoke Free Generation” organized anti tobacco campaign at Shohid Minner Chattar, Chittagong on International Mother Language Day. At first volunteers gathered in the central “Shahid…
divisional meeting of Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) held
YPSA arranged divisional meeting for the members of Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) at Mandarin Restaurant, Chittagong on 25 January 2015. Journalists from different print and electronic media attended the…
Smoke free campaign held in Chittagong
Dhumpan Mukto projonmo (Smoke free Generation) a volunteer group formed by YPSA organized anti-tobacco campaign on 02 December 2015, at Shadinata Park in Chittagong to spread the message ‘Smoking is…
Human chain on anti tobacco campaign held in Comilla
YPSA and RHDO jointly formed a human chain in front of Town Hall in Comilla to spread the message “Smoking is prohibited in public places and public transports, tk. 300…
Anti tobacco campaign held in Brahmanbaria
YPSA smoke free project and its volunteer team organized an anti tobacco campaign at different places in Brahmanbaria including DC office, civil surgeon office, Pourashava and in front of press…
Divisional workshop on “Implementation of Tobacco Control Law” held in Cox’s Bazar
A divisional Workshop on “Implementation on Tobacco control Law” held on November 27, 2014 in Hotel Ocean Paradise in Cox’s Bazar. The workshop was organized by Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Office with…
Tk 300 fine for public smoking: Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong
“Long term and short term steps should be taken to reduce tobacco consumption at public places. Conducting mobile court will be increased and mass awareness should be created as well….
Human chain formed demanding implementation of tobacco control law
Smoke Free Coalition and Smoke free Generation formed a human chain demanding implementation of tobacco control law and passing the rules under its law. The program was held in front…
Divisional consultation on “Implementation of Tobacco control Law in Chittagong division” with Divisional Commissioner and all 11 DCs of Chittagong Division held
As the first initiative in Bangladesh, a divisional Consultation on “Implementation on Tobacco control Law in Chittagong Division” held on 24th September 2014 in the auditorium hall of Chittagong Circuit House….
Meeting with Chandpur Municipality on “Tobacco Control Law and Implementation of Smoke-free Guideline” held
YPSA organized a meeting with Chandpur Municipality on “Tobacco Control Law and Implementation of Smoke-free Guideline” on 04 September 2014 at the conference room of Chandpur Municipality with the support…
Divisional meeting titled “Protect women form tobacco hazards” held
Smoking and use of smokeless tobacco products such as jorda (tobacco leaf), gul (grains of tobacco) and other form of tobacco chewing which are mostly consumed by women in Bangladesh,…