STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Speakers at an event yesterday opined that the government’s tobacco tax policy is flawed and remains constrained by misconceptions, which need to be removed in order to impose a pragmatic tax on tobacco products for protecting public health.

They also said that while prices of other essential goods rose significantly in recent years, tobacco product prices have not risen to the same extent in Bangladesh.

They were speaking at a pre-budget press conference on “Tobacco Tax Policy for Protecting Health and Rising Revenue” at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka. Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) organised the conference to present their tax proposal.

PPRC Executive Chairman Hossain Zillur Rahman said while taxation and legislative processes are the primary tools for tobacco He He

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