Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said that taxation is one of the most effective methods to stop tobacco consumption but it is not the only method.

The adviser said this while addressing a seminar on tobacco at Bishwa Shahithyo Kendra, reports BSS.

Referring to a research, Farida Akhter said that 35.3 per cent people in the country use tobacco, which means that one in every three persons is a smoker. This picture is both terrifying and worrying, she added.

She said that although the target of SDG 3.9 calls for a significant reduction in tobacco use to protect public health, the Tobacco Control Act needs to be amended and implemented immediately to make it effective by 2030.

The adviser said that the numb...