• “HelpQuit” Short Course on Tobacco Cessation for Public Health Nursing Officers

• A special short course titled ‘HelpQuit’ was launched at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo on 18th July 2026 for the members of the Public Health Nursing Officers' Association of Sri Lanka, following an invitation from the association. It was organised and coordinated by the Young Profe... [read more]

 

• CCT Presents Key Research Findings at the 139th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2026

• 139th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2026 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) was held from 22nd - 25th July 2026 at Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ms. Chinthika Perera, Ms. Sandani Abeyratne and Dr. Buddhi Asantha representing CCT team presented three po... [read more]

 

• CCT Highlights Key Research Findings at the Global Public Health Summit 2026

• The Global Public Health Summit 2026 and 31st Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (CCPSL) were held in Colombo from 22nd to 24th July 2026. Ms. Sandani Abeyratne delivered an oral presentation titled “Tobacco Taxation in Sri Lanka: Analysis of Budget Propo... [read more]

 

• Big Industries and Big Health Problems: How Actions of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Industries May Harm Health

• Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) partnered with Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and Young Professionals’ Alliance for Health (YouPAH) to conduct a workshop titled "Big Industries, Big Health Problems: How food, beverage and tobacco Industries may harm public health" at the SLMA 139th Annivers... [read more]

 

• Strengthening the Capacity to Implement Evidence-Based Behavioral Intervention for the Prevention of Oral Diseases

• The Oral Health Unit of the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) conducted a specialised training workshop for Regional Dental Surgeons, Dental Surgeons from Youth Dental Clinics and Community Dental Clinics on 17th July, 2026 at its auditorium. The objective of the programme was to build capacity and enh... [read more]

 

• Newspaper Article on Safeguarding from Deadly Trap

• RBJ Suranga has successfully completed the first and second phases of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions”, jointly organised with the CCT and the Young Professionals’ Alliance for Health (YouPAH). As an extended activity of the cour... [read more]

 

• Who are Responsible for Sustaining the Tobacco Epidemic in Sri Lanka?

• The CCT successfully conducted a Research Symposium and a press conference jointly organised with the Young Professionals’ Alliance for Health (YouPAH) at the Jetwing Seven, Colombo on 8th June 2026. This event was aimed to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day 2026. Dr. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, th... [read more]

 

• A discussion with two student groups in Ratnapura District to counteract tobacco industry interference

• AAI Didulani, who successfully completed the first phase of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions”, successfully commenced the second phase on 26th May 2026. She initiated discussions with 60 students of Bulugahatenna Maha Vidyalaya in... [read more]

 

• A group discussion with the youth group in Bandarawela to counteract the tobacco industry's strategies

• Shashika Wijesundara, who successfully completed the first phase of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions”, successfully commenced the second phase in May 2026. She initiated the series of online discussions with a group of young peopl... [read more]

 

• A vital educational and awareness session on "Nicotine: The Trap That Smiles Back"

• A vital educational and awareness session focusing on the theme "Nicotine: The Trap That Smiles Back" was recently conducted at the Wattala Toastmasters Club. This was organised by Rehan Ondrey Hettiarachchi, a trainee of the second phase of the Short Course on Investigative Research Methods to e... [read more]