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CCT Presence at the National Symposium on Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention (NSTAP – 2022)

Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) team made two oral presentations highlighting their tobacco industry monitoring activities in the National Symposium on Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention […]

Webinar on ‘Smokeless Tobacco: Determinants and Challenges in Southeast Asia’

The eighth webinar of the Webinar Series organised by the Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, India together with India Alliance will be held on 17th […]

Completion of South Asia Public Health Fellowship 2022

Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, India offered the South Asia Public Health fellowship to investigate the activities of British American Tobacco (BAT) affiliated with Four […]

A New Initiative to Celebrate ‘TobaccoUnmasked’ Birthday

TobaccoUnmasked (TU); the official information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) based on a media wiki platform, celebrated its 5th anniversary on 7th […]

A New Project to Commemorate the World No Tobacco Day

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared every year 31st of May as the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) is […]

REPORTED SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTIONS

SARC CCT


South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco (SARC-CCT) is the South Asian tobacco observatory established at the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT)... [read more]

TOBACCO UNMASKED


Tobaccounmasked.lk is the information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT). It publishes evidence based peer-reviewed information on tobacco industry activities in Sri Lanka and the region... [read more]

TU South Asia


This is the information portal of the South Asian tobacco observatory (SARC-CCT) established at the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT). It contains evidence-based information on the tobacco industry and their strategies and responses to tobacco control efforts across the South Asian region... [read more]

TU Archive

TU Archive is a free digital library /online database which archives documents, audio/ video footage and other material relevant in tobacco control including countering tobacco industry interference. [read more]

HOTSPOTS Map

TU Hotspots Map is a free online "heat map" of Sri Lanka with a colour scheme to indicate the density of selected industry interference strategies at their geographical location. [view map]

HOTSPOTS App

TU Hotspots App is a free mobile app developed for people to report activities of the tobacco industry using the GIS (Geographic Information System) technology.

From Tobacco Unmasked


Globally Reported Tobacco Industry Interference during COVID-19 Pandemic – January 2022


The new page highlights a systematic review that assessed the effectiveness of Heat not Burn products in smoking cessation.[Read more]


Monisha Abraham


A former employee of the beer industry, was appointed as the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC). [Read more]


Summary of Tobacco Industry Interference in Sri Lanka – 01st June 2022 to 31st May 2023


The first page of the annual page series Summary of Tobacco Industry Interference in Sri Lanka that summarises tobacco industry interference and their activities reported in Sri Lanka. [Read more]


Globally Reported Tobacco Industry Interference during COVID-19 Pandemic – December 2021


The highlight of the page would be JUUL Labs and Altria agreeing to pay USD 90 million for a class action lawsuit as a result of a complaint by its investors stating that “the companies misled them and others about Juul’s marketing to youth”.[Read more]

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