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  • Türkiye Rolls Out Mobile Clinics in Anti-Tobacco Campaign

    Türkiye Rolls Out Mobile Clinics in Anti-Tobacco Campaign

    Türkiye launched a nationwide campaign against tobacco, sending mobile cessation clinics and roving control teams to all 81 provinces, taking prevention and treatment directly to the public in city centers, villages, campuses, and industrial zones. The Health Ministry said teams will raise awareness about tobacco’s dangers, promote resources such as the 171 Quitline and the “Green Detector” app, and connect smokers ready to quit with doctors in mobile clinics.

    Branded “Smoke-Free Türkiye,” the drive is part of the country’s 2024–2028 action plan to curb tobacco use, which remains at 34.8% of people aged 15 and older.

  • Bangladesh: Anti-Tobacco Advocates Want More Taxes

    Bangladesh: Anti-Tobacco Advocates Want More Taxes

    Anti-tobacco organizations in Bangladesh said mid-year tobacco tax additions advanced public health protections and created the potential for additional government revenue. Though not planned in the original budget, the adjustments raised retail prices of cigarettes on a tiered scale between 8% and 20%, and imposed a uniform supplementary duty rate of 67% on all tiers.

    Abdullah Nadvi, research director of Unnayan Shamannay, called for the government to not only maintain the taxation but to bolster it 2025-26 fiscal budget, saying the government could collect an additional 40% in tobacco revenue without changing the duty rate.

    Dr. Mahfuz Kabir, research director at BIIISS, said that effective taxation could increase government revenue from cigarettes by 11% to 28%. He warned that failing to adjust cigarette prices with inflation has led to a steady rise in sales in recent years.