Press briefing: A press briefing was organized on 29 May 2016 at the conference room of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to inform the press of the event, WNTD. The Secretary for MOHFW Mr Syed Monjurul Islam emphasized on the theme of this year’s WNTD. About a hundred journalists from print and electronic media attended the briefing.

WNTD-2016 Celebration: The National programme of World No Tobacco Day 2016 was held with much grandeur at Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Dhaka on 31 May 2016. The programme was organized by National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC), MOHFW. Around 800 guests from various departments of the government, non-government organizations, civil societies and mass media attended the programme.  A grand colorful rally was organized which traversed from National Press Club to Osmani Memorial Auditorium.

MOHFW honored four person/organizations with crest and certificate for their commendable effort for tobacco control of Bangladesh, viz. District Taskforce Committee, Sirajganj, Professor Dr ArupRatan Choudhury, Founder of MANAS and an eminent tobacco control activist, Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust and UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative).

Supplementary in the daily newspaper on 31 May: A supplementary including the message of Hon’ble President and Prime Minister on the theme of the World No Tobacco Day 2016 was published in three national dailies on 31 May 2016 with the support of Non-communicable Diseases Control (NCDC) Program and Bureau of Health Education (BHE) of Directorate General of Health Services.