The Country is still at Risk of Tobacco Company Intervention

According to a webinar held in the capital yesterday, the country is still at strong risk from tobacco companies. Tobacco companies have been able to make 100 per cent use of the ongoing covid-19 epidemic. Mainly on the pretext of social responsibility (csr) programmes, they have been able to get various business benefits in association with policymakers and administrations. The 'tobacco company intervention index: fcc article 5.3 implementation report, bangladesh 2020' research report was published in webinar. The webinar is hosted by pragya (knowledge for progress) and anti tobacco media alliance (soul) through online zoom software. the chief guest of the event was saber hossain chowdhury mp, chairman, parliamentary standing committee on environment, forest and climate change. He said tobacco is essential product but only for death, not for life. notification

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.

John Gall