• March 28, 2024

Bangladesh sets date for graphic-warning start-up

Tobacco products sold in Bangladesh will have to carry graphic health warnings from March 19, according to a story in The Financial Express quoting an official of the Health Ministry.

A program officer at the National Tobacco Control Cell, M. Mir Nabin Ekram, told a workshop on Friday that the pictures for the graphic warnings had been chosen.

The Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products (Control) (Amendment) Act 2013 was said to stipulate that graphic health warnings on tobacco products should cover at least 50 percent of a pack’s surface.