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Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin is in favor of stopping tobacco cultivation. He said that his ministry will work to stop tobacco cultivation considering the serious damage to public health and environment.

He said that tobacco should never be legalized and its cultivation should be stopped. He called upon everyone to work together to stop tobacco cultivation as a threat to the environment, climate change, public health and economy.

The minister said these at a meeting with a delegation of Tobacco Control and Research Cell (TCRC) of Dhaka International University (DIU) and Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on Wednesday.

The delegation handed over a letter containing research articles, documentaries and written statements of TCRC and BATA on tobacco cultivation and tobacco product control to the minister.

TCRC Project Director and DIU Associate Professor Md. Bazlur Rahman, Project Manager (Tobacco Control) of Bureau of Economic Research (BER) of Dhaka University Hamidul Islam Hillol, TCRC Project Manager Farhana Zaman Liza, Project Officer Zulhas Ahmed, and Bivuti Bhuson Mahato were present at this time. Md Shahab Uddin told the delegation of the anti-tobacco activists that they should continue their support and cooperation in the government’s tobacco control work.

He said that the Agriculture Ministry can play a vital role in completely stopping the tobacco cultivation. Strongly supporting the ban on the import of harmful e-cigarettes, he said that the Commerce Ministry should play a vital role in banning the import of e-cigarettes.

The environment minister said that he and his ministry have full support in this regard. He assured full cooperation including taking necessary steps in this regard. He also said that tobacco and e-cigarettes cannot be legalized in any way for public health and environmental protection.