• Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use:World No Tobacco Day 31st May 2020

• 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]

 

• World No Tobacco Day 2020

 

• Question And Answer Session For The Journalists On “Covid-19 And Tobacco And Alcohol Industries” Held On 17th May 2020

• Resource Materials

 

• Webinar on ' Psychology of Corona and the Role of Tobacco Alcohol Industries'

• Webinar Resource Materials

 

• A letter to HE the president, Sri Lanka requesting to ban tobacco sales during the COVID-19 Epidemic

• A letter was sent to HE the president Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the stakeholders of tobacco control and public health in Sri Lanka requesting to ban tobacco sales during the COVID-19 Epidemic. Centre for Combating Tobacco wishes to express our gratitude for all people friendly organizations that accep... [read more]

 

• Harmful effects of the decision taken to permit the liquor stores to reopen when the curfew is lifted on 20 April during the COVID-19 pandemic [Post updated on 21 April 2020]

• Alcohol weakens the immune system thus increasing the risk of contacting infectious diseases. World Health Organization strongly recommended avoiding alcohol use to protect one’s own immune system and health as well as the health of others especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alcohol consumption... [read more]

 

• Launch of the Information Portal of SARC-CCT: TobaccoUnmaskedSouth.Asia

• 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]

 

• Introducing TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots (TUHS) Trilingual App to Media: A Press Briefing and a Capacity Building Workshop

• 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]

 

• Introduction of the trilingual TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots Mobile App

• 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]

 

• The 50th UNION World Conference on Lung Health, 30th October - 2 November 2019. Hyderabad, India

• 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]