Dhaka, May 20 -- Sandhani, the Independence Award-winning student organisation, has called for an effective increase in tobacco prices in the upcoming FY27 national budget to discourage tobacco use among young people.

The organisation proposed merging the low and medium cigarette tiers and setting the retail price of a 10-stick cigarette pack at BDT 100, along with a specific supplementary duty of BDT 4 per pack. It also recommended setting the prices of high-tier and premium-tier cigarette packs at BDT 150 and BDT 200, respectively.

The demands were presented at a press conference titled Effective Increase in Tobacco Prices to Discourage Youth Tobacco Initiation: Sandhani's Budget Proposals for FY27, held today at the Tofazzal Hossain ...