[Dhaka, 30 December 2021] Tobacco companies enticing and inducing restaurant owners to establish Designated Smoking Area (DSA) and display advertisements for tobacco products. Also, Taking advantage of loopholes in the Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products (Control) Act (2005), tobacco companies resort to ill tactics to display and promote their products at points of sale….
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Tobacco companies are resorting to ill tactics to display and promote their products, taking advantage of loopholes in the Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products (Control) Act, says a recent study. Findings of the study, conducted by Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE), a research and advocacy organisation, were revealed on 29 December…
[Dhaka, 11 December, 2021] Tobacco companies apply various tactics and heavily incentivize to keep the Designated Smoking Area (DSA) in Dhaka city’s restaurant using loopholes of Smoking and Tobacco Usage (Control) Act, 2005 (amended in 2013). Existing law prohibits smoking in one-room restaurants but restaurant with more than one room is allowed to keep a…
“Every citizen shall have the right to the privacy of his correspondence and other means of communication” Article 43(b), The Constitution of Bangladesh
Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE), a right-based research and advocacy organization organized a day long local level capacity building workshop on ‘Digital safety and security’ in Mymensingh divisional city on October 30, 2021. The workshop participants were from a wide range of CSO groups including journalists, human rights defenders, social activists, women rights…
Taking the advantages of loopholes in the Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products (Control) Act (2005), tobacco companies resort to ill tactics of incentivizing and even pressurizing dealers and vendors in different forms to display and promote their products at points of sale. This information was found in a recent study conducted by Voices for…
The study, titled “Tobacco Companies’ Interference on Tobacco Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship (TAPS) at Point of Sale(POS) in Dhaka city” said tobacco companies take advantage of loopholes in the Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products Tobacco companies resort to ill tactics such as incentivising and even pressurising dealers and vendors in different forms to display…
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BlogsVoices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE) is a right-based research and advocacy organization advancing human rights and they organized a two-day long capacity building workshop on ‘Counter hate speech and spread of Misinformation’ this was attended by the youth activists including students, journalists, social activists, women and minority activists, netizens, young artists, writers, bloggers,…
How are APC members improving their communities’ lives? In this column we’re highlighting stories of impact and change by our members, supported by APC subgranting. With the global health crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities, VOICE works on the ground to deliver critical communications and local support. In Bangladesh, the…