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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 […]

Advocacy Meeting for Media Expertise, Film Directors and other Stakeholders

Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) was invited by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) to a discussion with the entertainment industry representatives titled […]

Completing Two Years of Globally Reported Tobacco Industry Interference Monitoring during COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 virus was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province in China on 31 December 2019. World Health Organization (WHO) formally declared it a pandemic on […]

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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