Dhaka, April 26 -- A roundtable meeting titled "Strengthening of Tobacco Control Law to Safeguard Public Health and Achieve SDGs: Bangladesh Perspective" was held on Thursday (April 24, 2025), jointly organized by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and ATMA (Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance) at the CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka.

Speakers at the event emphasized that tobacco-related deaths-claiming 442 lives daily in Bangladesh-pose a major barrier to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Target 3.4, which aims to reduce premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third. They warned that without immediate strengthening of the tobacco control law, Bangladesh's public health and SDG commitments would continue...