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The Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) successfully hosted a media briefing today (23rd of January 2025), focusing on the challenges posed by the alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other substance industries to the wellbeing of Sri Lankans. The event, which took place at the Auditorium of the Sri Lanka ... [read more]
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A stakeholder consultation with officials from the Health and Media Ministries, academics, heads of media institutions and the tobacco control stakeholders in Sri Lanka titled “The allies and friends of the tobacco industry in Sri Lanka and their impact on public health” was successfully held on 18t... [read more]
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World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is celebrated on the 31st of May every year since its initiation in 1987 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The purpose is to draw the attention of the world to the tobacco pandemic killing over 8 million people annually. This year, the WNTD theme focuses on “Protect... [read more]
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A short course on ‘Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions’ was successfully launched on 17th March 2024, jointly organized by the Center for Combating Tobacco (CCT) and Young Professionals’ Alliance for Health (YouPAH).
The short course was opened for Jo... [read more]
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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) organised an informal virtual get-together (phase 2) on 8th December 2023 at 1730 SL/ India time (GMT +5.30). This event aimed to catch up with all the South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco (SARC-CCT) members and to update each other on matte... [read more]
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The 136th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2023 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) was conducted from 25th July to 28th July 2023 at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo, Sri Lanka. The theme of the year was “Towards Human Health Care: Excellence, E... [read more]
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World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 31st of May as the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This year the theme of the WNTD is “We need food, not tobacco”. The global campaign focuses on to raise awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers and encoura... [read more]
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A discussion with medical professionals titled "Understanding the dynamics of cannabis use, cultivation, legalisation, and popularization” was successfully held on 25th April 2023 at Auditorium of the Sri Lanka Medical Association. The discussion was organised by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CC... [read more]
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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) team made two oral presentations highlighting their tobacco industry monitoring activities in the National Symposium on Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention (NSTAP) held on 2nd December 2022 at The Waters Edge Hotel, Battaramulla. It was organised by the National Authori... [read more]
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The eighth webinar of the Webinar Series organised by the Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, India together with India Alliance will be held on 17th November 2022 from 03:00-04:30 pm IST. The theme of the webinar is ‘Smokeless Tobacco: Determinants and Challenges in Southeast Asia’ and it will f... [read more]
