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Punishment to advertisers of cigarettes urged 

Jump to full article: The New Nation (bd), 2006-08-11
Author: Staff Reporter

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Environmentalists yesterday demanded punishment to the advertisers of cigarette companies, which were violating the Smoking and Tobacco Control Act 2005.

They said, though government banned any kind of advertisement of tobacco, the cigarette companies continued to woo consumers in various forms.

Paribesh Bachao Andolon, a citizen's movement for saving the environment, yesterday organised a sit-in programme in front of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University.

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