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Tobacco Control 2006;15:278-279
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News analysis

Bangladesh: bicycles, not cigarettes

David Simpson

d.simpson@iath.org

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In April, MANOBIK, a campaigning non-governmental organisation working against the harm caused by drug use, organised a rally with a difference. For one thing, it was carried out by members and supporters on bicycles; and its purpose was unusual, too—to demand an increase in tobacco taxes and a reduction in bicycle taxes in the next budget.


Figure 1
A cycle rally was held in the Bangladesh capital Dakha to demand an increase in tobacco taxes—and a decrease in bicycle taxes.

After a cycle journey though the capital, Dakha, participants presented the chairman of the National Board of Revenue with a petition, explaining that tobacco causes harm both directly and indirectly to developing countries, adversely affecting public health, the economy, and the environment. They said that to reduce the use of tobacco, the most effective measure was to raise the tax, which would not only yield more government revenue, but also result in . . . [Full text of this article]







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