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Jump to full article: Daily Independent (bd), 2008-12-18
Author: BSS, DHAKA
Intro: About 57,000 people die for using tobacco every year in the country, while 3.62 lakh become infected.
National Professor Dr MR Khan yesterday informed this while inaugurating a eight-day workshop on 'Training of NGO watchdogs to prevent violation of tobacco control law' in the city.
He said joint efforts between the government and the non-government organisations (NGOs) is necessary to speed up the tobacco control movement.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) organised the workshop in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO) at its auditorium in the city.
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