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Md<\/em>. Mehedi Hasan<\/em> Bangladesh ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and passed the In 2008, the government of Bangladesh adopted the FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines (1)<\/em> which provides specific INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n The government has not invited tobacco industry or its representatives to sit in government INDUSTRY CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n In continuation of the practice of the previous years, on 25 September 2019, British American Tobacco CONFLICT OF INTEREST<\/strong><\/p>\n The newly retired former Managing Director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) took up the There is no policy in place to prohibit contributions from the tobacco industry to political campaigns. PREVENTIVE MEASURES<\/strong><\/p>\n The government has made efforts towards better preventive measures, leading to some progress. The <\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Guidelines for implementation of FCTC Article 5.3, Geneva 2008, [decision<\/em> 2 Finalising Nat\u2019l Tobacco Control Policy: Anti-tobacco campaigners fear obstruction by tobacco<\/em> 3 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mole.gov.bd\/posts\/3718035964888943<\/em><\/p>\n 4 Annual Report 2019, BAT Bangladesh, page 51 http:\/\/www.batbangladesh.com\/group\/sites\/<\/em> 5 The Representation of the People Order, 1972, http:\/\/bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd\/act-424\/section-<\/em> 6 NTCC Newsletter, Issue: January 2019, https:\/\/ntcc.gov.bd\/uploads\/images\/E-newsletter-<\/em> 7 Bangladesh Government Report to WHO FCTC Conference of Parties (COP), 2018,<\/em> Md. Mehedi Hasan Industry Monitoring officer, PROGGA Bangladesh ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and passed the tobacco control law in 2005 based on the Framework. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducts a number of tobacco control activities along with implementing the obligations under the FCTC. However, the overall tobacco control activities of the country, in particular measures to reduce the demand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarccct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIndustry Monitoring officer, PROGGA<\/em><\/p>\n
\ntobacco control law in 2005 based on the Framework. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
\nconducts a number of tobacco control activities along with implementing the obligations under the
\nFCTC. However, the overall tobacco control activities of the country, in particular measures to reduce
\nthe demand for and supply of tobacco, are thwarted and debilitated by the repeated interference of the
\ntobacco industry.<\/p>\n
\nmeasures to protect the government from tobacco industry interference. Although almost a decade has
\nalready passed, the policies based on the Guidelines are yet to be formulated. As a result, different
\npolicies and initiatives regarding tobacco control have remained vulnerable to the interference of the
\nindustry.<\/p>\n
\ninteragency\/ advisory group body that sets public health policy. While the Ministry of Health and Family
\nWelfare (MoHFW) has shown commitment to advance tobacco control, the Ministry of Finance,
\nespecially the National Board of Revenues (NBR), has been utilised by the tobacco industry as its conduit
\nto influence policy. The Bangladesh Cigarette Manufacturers' Association (BCMA) sent letters to the
\nFinance Minister opposing the proposed draft National Tobacco Control Policy 2019. Copies of the letter
\nwere also sent to high-level officials including Secretary to the Department of Finance, Secretary to the
\nDepartment of Health Services, MoHFW; Senior Secretary to the Internal Resources Division and
\nChairman of National Board of Revenues (NBR). Following the request from the cigarette manufacturers
\nassociation (BCMA) at a meeting in October 2019, the NBR requested the MoHFW to consider the
\nopinion of the industry before finalising the National Tobacco Control Policy 2019. (2)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBangladesh (BATB) donated a hefty sum of money, 101, 654,337 BDT, to Bangladesh Labour Welfare
\nFoundation. BATB representatives handed the cheque over to State Minister for Labour and
\nEmployment. The news and images of the donation acceptance event were later publicised on the
\nMinistry\u2019s official Facebook page as well as in the mass media. (3)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nposition of Non-Executive Director of BATB. The government continues to hold 9.61% investment in
\nBATB. (4)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHowever, in general, election candidates are required to disclose contributions received to bear election
\nexpense at the time of submitting the nomination paper, according to section 44A of the Representation
\nof the People Order, 1972. (5)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNational Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) drafted two codes-of-conduct based on Article 5.3, one for NTCC
\nand another for all government officials. A meeting was convened by NTCC with committee members to
\nreview the drafts on 22 January 2019. (6) (7)<\/em> These codes, however, were yet to be finalised. The
\ngovernment requires the tobacco industry to submit monthly (company wise) revenue statements only.
\nThese statements are submitted as a requirement under the National Board of Revenue. In addition,
\ntobacco companies must submit monthly statements of health surcharge deposit, according to the form
\nattached with the \u201cHealth Development Surcharge (Collection and Payment) Rules 2017\u201d. However, the
\ntobacco companies are not required to submit information on their market shares, marketing
\nexpenditures, revenues, philanthropy and political contributions.<\/p>\n
\nFCTC\/COP3(7)] http:\/\/www.who.int\/fctc\/treaty_instruments\/Guidelines_Article_5_3_English.pdf?ua=1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nmanufacturers, Daily Sun, 19 September 2019, https:\/\/www.daily-<\/em>
\nsun.com\/printversion\/details\/424609\/2019\/09\/19\/Antitobacco-campaigners-fear-obstruction-by-tobacco-manufacturers<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBAT_9T5FQ2.nsf\/vwPagesWebLive\/DOBNGFXK\/$FILE\/2019_Annual_Report.pdf?openelement<\/em><\/p>\n
\n18890.html?lang=bn<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJanuary'19.pdf (p 2)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/untobaccocontrol.org\/impldb\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_2018_report.pdf (C124)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"