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                    BATA  Newsletter

                                   (Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco
     Alliance)

          (Note:  the BATA English newsletter presents highlights only
of the  Bengali version.)


Press Conference on BAT’s Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign
On the 13th of August, BATA held a press conference to discuss the true
objectives of the youth
smoking prevention campaign of British American Tobacco (BAT).  The
speakers, from Manas, the
Consumers’ Association of Bangladesh, and Work for a Better Bangladesh
(WBB) exposed the
intentions of BAT to improve its public image while drawing youth to
smoking by portraying it as an adult
behaviour.

Publication of report on the true objectives of
BAT’s Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign
On the 28th of July 2001, BAT launched its youth smoking prevention
campaign, consisting of a
30-second TV spot, three one-minute radio scripts, and a billboard and
sticker.  In order to understand
youth reactions to the campaign, WBB and Manobik conducted research with
a group of 14- to 16-year
olds, and a survey of 300 schoolboys under age 18.  The results showed a
high level of awareness of
BAT cigarette advertising, and little positive about the youth
prevention messages.  The report is available
in English and Bengali on WBB’s website:  http://wbb.globalink.org

Award of WHO Tobacco Free World Award Certificate
On the 29th of July at the WHO office in Dhaka, Suniti Acharya presented
BATA with a certificate to
accompany the Tobacco Free World Award gold medal that was presented on
World No Tobacco Day
this year.  Various BATA member organizations were present to celebrate
the presentation.

New Tobacco Control Websites
WBB and BATA have recently set up their websites, with information about
tobacco use and control in
Bangladesh.  In addition, PATH Canada’s tobacco control resources, most
of which have been
produced jointly with WBB, are available on WBB’s website.  Our thanks
to GLOBALink for its help in
establishing the websites.
http://wbb.globalink.org and http://bata.globalink.org

Publication of “Hungry for Tobacco” in Tobacco Control
The September 2001 issue of Tobacco Control featured a photograph of a
poor smoker in Bangladesh
on the cover; the cover essay was written by staff of the World Bank on
the issue of poverty and tobacco
use; and ran the article “Hungry for Tobacco:  an analysis of the
economic impact of tobacco
consumption on the poor in Bangladesh.”  The article illustrates the
serious impact on malnutrition and
poverty in general of the diversion of income to tobacco.

Divisional Workshops on Tobacco Control
Work for a Better Bangladesh organized workshops in Rajshahi in August
and in Sylhet in September, to
train NGOs, government officials, and members of the press about the
need for tobacco control, and
some ways to begin the work.  Funded by the American Cancer Society, the
workshops are being
conducted around the country to increase NGO and government support for
tobacco control, and the
extent and effectiveness of BATA’s national network.



Change of Address
Work for a Better Bangladesh and the
Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance have moved.  The new address is:
House No. 49, Road No. 4/A
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh
Phone:  (8802) 966-9781, 862-9273
Fax: (8802) 862-9271
WBB:  wbb at pradeshta.net    http://wbb.globalink.org
BATA: bata at pradeshta.net   http://bata.globalink.org

          BATA Acknowledges the financial and technical Support of PATH
Canada

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Work for a Better Bangladesh
House-49 Road-4/A
Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh
Ph- 880-2-9669781 Fax-880-2-8629271
E-mail-wbb at pradeshta.net
website: http://wbb.globalink.org

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