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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) hosted by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, is the tobacco observatory in Sri Lanka with a mandate to monitor tobacco industry interference and implementation of the Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), in the South A... [read more]
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A press breifing and a capacity building workshop was held to introduce the TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots (TUHS) Trilingual App at the Hotel Janaki, Colombo 05 on 3rd February 2020. This was organised by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) with the partnership of World Health Organization (WHO) Countr... [read more]
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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) introduced the newest upgrade for its TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots mobile app in the event ‘Towards a Tobacco- Free Sri Lanka’ organized by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) on 4th December 2019 at Galadari Hotel.
TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots (TUHS) is ... [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. Tobacco control is one of the major fields covered by the conference. The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health was held from 30th October to 02nd N... [read more]
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“Commercial Industries and Public Health: The role of the Smart Journalists” residential workshop was held on 19-20th August 2019 in the Amora Lagoon Hotel, Katunayake. Thirteen Journalists representing print and Electronic media attended the workshop.
Dr. Mahesh Rajasuriya, Director, CCT introduc... [read more]
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Framework Convention Alliance together with ASH: Action on Smoking & Health, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products - Vital Strategies, Tobacco-Free Union, Tobacco Control Research Group at University of Bath, Global Center for Good Governance in Tob... [read more]
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‘’Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when used entirely as intended.’’ The tobacco industry is a global entity. Tobacco industry is known for their interference and influence of public and governments. It also includes a wide range of supporting consultancies s... [read more]
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A series of advocacy sessions on Tobacco Industry Impact on Public Health and Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3 targeting the university undergraduates in Sri Lanka was initiated on 23rd June 2019. The first session, held at the training room of the Alcohol and Drug Informat... [read more]
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World Health Organization (WHO) has declared every year 31st of May as the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The main aim of this campaign is to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure. This year the theme of the WNTD is "tobacco and lung health", h... [read more]
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Tobacco Unmasked is the official information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) based on a MediaWiki platform. It contains evidence based information on the tobacco industry, with detailed profiles of tobacco companies relevant to Sri Lanka and their employees. TobaccoUnamsked website ... [read more]
