• Launch of the TobaccoUnmasked(TU) 100th Post

• 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]

 

• Launch of the Community Driven Tobacco Surveillance System (CDTSS)

• Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) developed a free mobile app named as TobaccoUnmasked_HotSpots to report activities of the tobacco industry. The inputs from this app from all over the island is fed into an online map of Sri Lanka using GIS (Geographic Information System) technology. Through this T... [read more]

 

• CCT Presence at The 49th Union Conference on Lung Health

• 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 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health was held from 24 to 27 October 2018 ... [read more]

 

• 8th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8), Geneva, Switzerland

• The 8th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World health organization (WHO) was successfully held from 1st to 6th October 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. This is a biennial session with the participation of the parties, non-partie... [read more]

 

• Regional Meeting for the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties of the WHO-FCTC

• Centre for Combating Tobacco was invited for the Regional Meeting for the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organisation-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC)held on 20th and 21st August 2018, at New Delhi, India. The meeting was organized by the ... [read more]

 

• Call-to- Action Videos by CCT

• The Call-to-Action video created in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages and shared via social media, contains a request to the general public to inform CCT about tobacco industry activities and interference in public health policies and actions.

 

• Launch of call to action video

• The official launch of the Call-to-Action video produced by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) was held on 29th July 2018 at Hotel Galadari, Colombo in parallel to the 131st Anniversary Annual International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association. The launch was done by Dr. Palitha... [read more]

 

• National World No Tobacco Day Commemoration -2018

• National No Tobacco Day Celebrations in Sri Lanka were held on 07th June 2018 at Water’s Edge, Battaramulla. The event was organized by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine and the World Health organization country office. This y... [read more]

 

• World No Tobacco Day -31 May 2018

• World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 31st of May in every year as the “World No Tobacco Day” (WNTD) in order focus on the adverse effects of tobacco. This day highlights the health and other risks of tobacco use, and importance of effective policies in order to reduce tobacco consumption. T... [read more]

 

• Official launch of Tobacco Unmasked HotSpots (TU HotSpots)

• The Tobacco Unmasked HotSpots was officially launched by Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, Chairperson, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) at an event held on 9th April 2018 at the Auditorium, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Wijerama House, Colombo 07. TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots is a GIS based... [read more]