Tobacco Watch
Joint Letter to the UN SG RE: The role of the tobacco industry in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
23 July 2019
The role of the tobacco industry in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Two Bangladeshi NGOs received grants from Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
12 June 2019
In Bangladesh, two organizations namely BRAC and Child Sight Foundation (CFS) received grants worth USD 64,151 and USD 92,620 respectively from the giant multinational tobacco company Philip Morris
Popular Bangladeshi Artist Promoting JTI brand
23 May 2019
An advertisement has recently surfaced on Bangladeshi media where popular singer and actor Tahsan Khan is seen starring on a travel show based on Rabindranath Tagore’s famous travelogue Japan Jatri. Such overwhelming media campaign on a single show is quite unprecedented.
Tobacco company's media campaign to influence the national budget!
2 May 2019
Tobacco companies have started an organized media campaign with a view to obstruct any govt. attempt to increase tobacco tax and price in the upcoming national budget 2019-20.
BATB's New Friend in Town
24 April 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Bangladesh has made a proposal to increase tobacco tax only on low-tier cigarettes and keep the tax on high and medium tier cigarettes untouched in the upcoming 2019-20 budget
bdjobs.com removed BATB and JTI ads from its website
4 April 2019
With this follow-up on tobacco companies' advertisement on bdjobs.com, PROGGA would like you to know that the Anti-tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) and PROGGA have successfully managed to persuade bdjobs.com to remove
BATB to achieve SDGs and finalizing CSR policy of government!
13 December 2018
With a view to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a platform named ’Corporate Responsibility Network (CRN)' has recently started its journey in Bangladesh
BATB deriving favors in return of donation to Labor Welfare Foundation- Govt. not complying FCTC Article 5.3
3 December 2018
Bangladesh Labor Welfare Foundation (BLWF), under the Ministry of Labor and Employment, has received donations on different occasions, amounting to BDT 23,07,61,480 (230.7 million), till 2 October 2017 from the multinational tobacco company British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB)
Japan Tobacco Inc: Bringing more money and deaths into the country
7 August 2018
The government of Bangladesh is welcoming the world’s leading death- trader, Japan Tobacco (JT) group into the country to conduct its business in the name of brining foreign direct investment (FDI).
NBR to meet on GHW decision sans Health Ministry!
18 February 2018
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has arranged a meeting over the decision making on legal implementation of the graphic health warning (GHW) on tobacco packets and to reduce complexities of cigarette packet stamps and band rolls usage