Jump to full article: The New Nation (bd), 2009-12-26
Intro: As over 5 million people die globally each year due to tobacco-related diseases, nearly 70 percent of the current smokers in Bangladesh are planning to quit smoking, according to a survey.
"More significantly, almost half of the current smokers (47.3 %) made attempts to give up smoking in the last 12 months," the survey says.
The survey titled 'Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Bangladesh Report 2009, is the first ever assessment made in Bangladesh in private sector using electronic means of data collection.
The National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) in collaboration with Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) conducted the survey. . . .
Researchers suggest formulation of a policy to make public places and offices 100-percent free from smoking and ensure its effective implementation.
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