The Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance on Tuesday demanded 15 per cent additional tax on cigarettes and bidis in the forthcoming national budget.
The organization at a work on 'Tobacco Taxation' at the Hotel Sundarban in the capital also urged the government to impose a specific tax of Tk 2 on a pack of bidis.
The workshop was organised by the Progga and the Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance. The ATMA convener, Ruhul Amin Rushd, presided over the workshop.
The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids advocacy officer, Taifur Rahman, gave a presentation on 'taxing tobacco in Bangladesh: why and how.'
Source: New Age
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