Dhaka, March 11 -- A delegation from research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) held a meeting with the Hon. Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin on Monday at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat.

During the meeting, PROGGA-ATMA delegation team informed the Commerce Adviser regarding the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MoHFW) initiative to eliminate designated smoking areas (DSAs) through law amendment to safeguard non-smokers from the health hazards of passive smoking. A 100 per cent smoke-free environment cannot be achieved if DSAs continue to exist.

Especially, as a person enters or exits smoking zones at hotels and restaurants, cigarette smoke leaks and makes a...