Smoking in public places
Photo: Gazi Nafis Ahmed / Driknews
We have already forgotten that smoking in public places had been banned by the Awami League government long ago, during its first tenure of governance. In that period the law was sometimes enforced by law enforcers and TNOs by apprehending smokers at public places and penalizing them Tk 50.00 on the spot. It is a matter of great regret that smoking in public places once again started in violation of the rules since the BNP government came to power in 2001. The vendors of tobacco products have once again started their business at the street corners where they sell cigarettes to the grown up boys, resulting in an increase in the number of smokers in the country. As terrorists do not belong to any country, religion, race, creed, caste etc., the smokers also do not bother about any age, place, rules and regulations etc. and that is why we can find smokers in train, bus, marketplace, railway station, creating environmental pollution and health hazard for the country in general and for themselves in particular. Our question is, what are the law enforcers doing?
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