A Two day long Training Workshop of the Research Project on “Use of smokeless Tobacco by low Socio- Economic Populations and Risk Factors Associated with it” inaugurated today on August 3, 2014 at DIU Auditorium. Daffodil International University (DIU) in collaboration with Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and Johns Hopkinsons Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting the research project.
Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University addressing the inaugural ceremony of the workshop on “Use of smokeless Tobacco by low Socio- Economic Populations and Risk Factors Associated with it” held at DIU.
Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University was present as the chief guest at the launching ceremony of the workshop. Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub Ul Haque Majumder, Dean, FSIT was present as the special guest. Presided over by the Co-Investigator of the research project and Professor of Dept. of Environmental Science and Disaster Management (ESDM), Dr. M. Mizanur Rahman, the launching program was also addressed by Prof. Dr. Shah Md. Keramot Ali, Department of Public Health, Mr. Gautam Shuvra Biswas, Research Manager of BCCP and Dr. Md. Sahajahan, Principal Investigator and Head, Department of Public Health. A large number of students of Public Health, Real Estate and Environmental Science and Disaster Management department of the university participated in the workshop.
Addressing as the chief guest Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman said, Government has made amendment and strengthen tobacco control act 2005 in 2013 to reduce the abuse of tobacco. It is not only possible to make success the anti tobacco movement through imposing law, but it requires raising our values and creating social awareness participating by all walks of people united. He urged to extend anti tobacco campaign to slums and remote areas of the country where low income group habitats and most of them are habituated with tobacco. To keep us healthy we must give up using raw tobacco, he added.
Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub Ul Haque Majumder while addressing as the special guest pointed out the negative impacts of smoking and using raw tobacco in human life and its adverse effect in our society and urged to come forward to create awareness among all walks of people in anti tobacco movement utilizing our conscious and motivational approach to create a tobacco free society.
