Dhaka Conference on Tobacco or Health 2020 (DCTH 2020) will have a positive impact on the tobacco control at the national and local level in Bangladesh, with the following specific objectives:
| 1. | To increase the capacity of delegates to introduce, implement, and advocate for effective, evidence-based tobacco control interventions in their communities and country. |
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| 2. | To influence leaders, including key policy makers and donors, to increase their commitment to gender sensitive, evidence- and human-rights based tobacco control interventions. |
| 3. | To serve as an accountability and feedback mechanism for those engaged at various levels of the response to tobacco epidemic and tobacco related diseases, death and disabilities. |
| 4. | To increase public awareness of the continued impact of tobacco control and the need for responses to the tobacco epidemic through the media and other means. |
| 5. | To increase understanding of the connection between tobacco use, health and poverty. |
| 6. | To increase understanding of the synergistic relationship between the scale up of the tobacco control interventions and other health, human rights and development priorities among key stakeholders involved in these distinct fields. |
| 7. | To provide opportunities for multi-stakeholder dialogue to develop creative solutions to unresolved challenges in research and implementation of tobacco control policies and programs. |