Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) on Wednesday organized a training programme for 250 public transport drivers to implement the Tobacco Control Act (amendment-2013).
The organisation arranged the training titled 'Professional Drivers' Professional Skill and Awareness Training' in collaboration with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) at Zoar Sahara BRTC Bus Depot in the capital.
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Adut Rahman Emon, programme officer of the Tobacco Control Project of the Health Sector of DAM, presented a documentary on implementing the Tobacco Control Act and health damage among professional drivers.
In the training, public transport drivers including those of bus, CNG autorickshaw, human haulers, and tempo were made aware of the bad effects of direct and indirect smoking, and tobacco control laws.
Passengers, especially women and children, are indirectly exposed to smoke in public transport due to the smoking of drivers and their assistants. As a result, they are facing various health hazards.
Smoking in public places such as bus terminals, airports, railway stations, seaports, public offices, and public places is a punishable offense.
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Dhaka Ahsania Mission and BRTA have been jointly conducting this training programme every week, aiming to make public transport 100% tobacco-free and implement the law.