Dhaka, May 21 -- Development Organisation of the Rural Poor- DORP, alongside journalists, social leaders, and policymakers, have called for an increase in tobacco product prices and taxes, as well as reforms to the tobacco tax policy, in the upcoming national budget for FY 2025-26.

Anti-tobacco coalition demands effective tax structure to reduce demand

This 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 at the CIRDAP Auditorium.

The speakers called for the increase to safeguarding public health and advance the goal of a tobacco-free Bangladesh.

The seminar, presided over by DORP's Founder and CEO AHM ...