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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) is the WHO-FCTC sanctioned tobacco observatory of Sri Lanka and South Asia Region hosted by the Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo.
The CCT online Help Quit is a joint project by CCT and WHO country office of Sri Lanka. The main in... [read more]
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The Union World Conference on Lung Health is the largest assembly of activists, policy makers,
researchers and community advocates on lung health in the world. Tobacco control is one of the
major fields covered by the conference. The 51 st Union World Conference on Lung Health was
held from 2... [read more]
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October 10th 2020
World Mental Health Day is commemorated on 10th October every year, with the aim of raising awareness on mental health issues and mobilizing efforts to support mental health. This year’s World Mental Health Day is even more felt than before under the stresses related t... [read more]
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8th October 2020
Yesterday (7th October 2020), at the parliament sessions of Sri Lanka, Member of the Parliament, Mr. Buddika Pathirana, questioned the Prime Minister Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, about his stand on the recently uprising promotion of cannabis in social media within Sri Lanka.
“If a m... [read more]
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According to Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first global public health treaty adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco industry (TI) denotes tobacco manufacturers, wholesale distributors and importers of tobacco products. Article 5.3 of the FCTC recommends measure... [read more]
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On15th July 2019 South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco (SARC-CCT) was ceremonially launched by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Professor Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne, at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. SARC-CCT is coordinated by the Centre for Combating Tob... [read more]
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Tobacco Unmasked is the official information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) based on a media wiki platform. It contains evidence based information on the tobacco industry. TU website has Sinhala and Tamil mirror wikis too. TobaccoUnmasked celebrated its 3rd year anniversary on 7th ... [read more]
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The second webinar of the “World No Tobacco Day 2020 webinar series” organised by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), together with the South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco (SARC-CCT) network and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union) ... [read more]
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Prof Aurelia Jennifer Perera completed this year (2020) two illustrious terms in the office of Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. This short post is a humble tribute to her, compiled by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), the WHO-sanctioned Tobacco Observatory in Sri Lanka, hosted... [read more]
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World Health Organization (WHO) has declared every year 31st of May as the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This year The World No Tobacco Day focuses on “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use”, as youth is a main target of the tobacco industry in ... [read more]
