Bangladesh: not a cigarette paper
Mr Sadeque Chowdhury, chairman of “Bhorer Kagoj”, a national newspaper in Bangladesh which began an anti-tobacco campaign in May.
On 12 May, a national newspaper in Bangladesh, Bhorer Kagoj, launched an ongoing campaign against tobacco, declaring itself free of tobacco advertising in the process. Since then, it has published a continuous stream of articles on tobacco almost daily, usually including spots on the front or back pages, ranging from a forthright piece by the proprietor explaining the paper’s stand, to detailed coverage of various aspects of the tobacco problem in the weekly advice page. Numerous readers, as well as organisations working on social issues, have written in to voice their appreciation …
