煙草在線據《獨立報》報道編譯　　6月27日，記者平臺——反煙草媒體聯盟，以及非政府研究與發展組織Progga要求政府重新考慮向所有煙草產品征稅的提案。

　　這個要求是在反煙草媒體聯盟和Progga共同在達卡記者聯合會的VIP大廳舉辦的記者招待會上提出的。

　　反煙激進分子認為預算中提議的煙稅太低，對于有效的煙草控制無足輕重，因此他們要求所有煙草產品的零售價格中包含70%的附加稅。

　　反煙激進分子還說，孟加拉政府應該停止“做表面文章”，即提高不同卷煙的價格水平，卻不提高煙草產品的附加稅。

　　在一份書面聲明中，反煙草媒體聯盟發起人Ruhul Amin Rushd說，卷煙價格提升10%，政府實際上給煙草公司提供了增加利潤的機會。

　　他說，卷煙價格提升的這10%并不足以嚇跑吸煙者，另一方面，它的有利可圖足以讓煙草業賺取更多利潤。

　　他還說，政府對向比迪煙這種價格最低的煙草產品征稅沒有興趣，實際上表明了在比迪煙業背后，有一個強有力的游說組織在發揮作用。

　　Progga組織的主席Sayed Badrul Karim，反煙草媒體聯盟工作委員會委員Anu Hossain博士、Shuchi Sayed博士和Mohammad Nadim博士也出席了這次記者招待會。

Bangladesh: Anti-Tobacco Campaigners Term New Tax Low

　　DHAKA, JUNE 28: Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), a platform of journalists, and Progga, a non government research and development organisation on Wednesday demanded a reconsideration of the proposed tax imposition on all tobacco-made products.

　　The demand came at a press conference jointly organised by ATMA and Progga at the VIP lounge of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in Dhaka.

　　Terming the proposed tax (in the budget) too low and insignificant for an efficient tobacco control, the anti-tobacco activists asked for imposing a 70 per cent supplementary tax in retail price of all tobacco products.

　　The activists also said that the government should stop the 'eyewash' practice of increasing the price slabs of different cigarettes without increasing the tax on supplementary duty (SD) of the tobacco products.

　　In a written statement, ATMA convener Ruhul Amin Rushd said, by a 10 per cent increase in the price slab of cigarettes, the government actually gave the tobacco company a chance to make increased profit.

　　This 10 per cent increase on price slab of cigarettes is not significant enough to daunt the smokers; on the other hand it is lucrative enough for industry to make more profit, he said.

　　He also said that the government apathy to impose tax on Bidi, the lowest priced tobacco products actually indicates that a strong lobbying group is working behind the Bidi industry.

　　Sayed Badrul Karim, chairman of Progga, Dr Anu Hossain, Shuchi Sayed and Mohammad Nadim, members of the ATMA working committee were also present at the press conference.