Abrar Hussain: The government should increase the tax for tobacco products in the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, demanded by Anti-tobacco platforms yesterday.
They also demanded the restructuring of the four-level price slab for cigarettes into two levels. Nadira Kiron, co-convener of Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), said the proposed tax structure for tobacco products is to protect tobacco businesses, at a press briefing organized by several anti-tobacco organizations at National Press Club in Dhaka.
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