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Govt urged to increase taxes on tobacco products 

Bangladesh Anti-tobacco Alliance urged the government to increase taxes on tobacco products in the coming budget for controlling the massive use of tobacco in the country, reports UNB.

"Taxes on all tobacco products including dried tobacco leaves, `gul' and `zarda' have to be increased for effectively controlling the use of tobacco," general secretary of Consumers’ Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Kazi Faruk told a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club Wednesday.

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