DHAKA |
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh denounced a “Death Clock†in a collateral to lift recognition about smoking-related deaths in a nation that ranks among a world’s top in tobacco consumption.
Around 57,000 people die annually from tobacco-related diseases in Bangladesh, on normal 156 people per day, pronounced Sayed Badrul Karim from a Progga NGO, that is upheld by a Washington-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK).
The “Death Clockâ€, that keeps a rolling total of people failing of tobacco-related illnesses any day, was commissioned on a bustling highway nearby Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s chateau and on a approach to a inhabitant council residence in a collateral Dhaka.
“The Death Clock will be on until a subsequent council event that will be in event on Jan 27,†pronounced Taifur Rahman, Advocacy and Media Coordinator in Bangladesh of CTFK.
The aim was to attract a courtesy of policymakers and win open support. It was denounced by Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday.
An estimated 58 percent of group and 29 percent of women use some form of tobacco in Bangladesh. The nation is deliberation introducing a law to shorten a use of tobacco and augmenting taxes on tobacco products.
(Reporting By Serajul Quadir; Editing by Myra MacDonald)
