Role of Mass-Media in Smoking Prevention: Scenario from Bangladesh.

      Аннотация: Mass media is granted as the most powerful tool to aware people about anything, specially about health. WHO says 'Tobacco' kills around 6 million people each year, and more than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke (June,2016). To find how this mass media creates an awareness impact among Bangladeshi people and how it can be used in future to prevent smoking were the principle objectives of the study. This study suggests that mass media can be used as one of the preeminent tool for this smoking matters. Even to disseminate knowledge and information about law and act media can serve as a judicious and sensible tool. But emphasis should be given on mode and language of the messages to disseminate and prioritize specific media-methods and instruments for different area with different people as a sensitive issue.

Ключевые слова: Bangladesh, Mass media, Smoking