Dhaka, May 22 -- To protect public health and achieve a tobacco-free Bangladesh, the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP) has urged the government to increase tobacco product prices and taxes in the upcoming national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26.
The demand was raised during a national seminar titled "Increasing the Price and Tax on Tobacco Products and Reforming the Tobacco Tax Policy in the National Budget for FY 2025-26," held on Wednesday, at the CIRDAP Auditorium in the capital. The event was chaired by DORP's Founder and CEO, AHM Noman.
Key speakers emphasised the urgent need for tobacco tax policy reform, particularly the inefficiency of the current four-tier pricing system for cigarettes.
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