Renewing fight against tobacco

We may have forgotten that there is a ban on smoking in public places and that the offender shall be fined. We see people smoking randomly in public places. It seems that the law exists only on paper. The people, whose family members suffer from malnutrition, are seen wasting money by smoking. The framing of law and the earlier social campaigns against smoking have somehow lost momentum. We need to remind the people of the harms smoking causes to health and of the financial loss for both smoking and treatment of diseases caused by it. Let us renew our fight against tobacco as we can't give up hope for building a healthy society.

Iqbal Hossain

Shajahanpur, Dhaka