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A media briefing organised by the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) Sri Lanka, to launch the Global and Sri Lankan Tobacco Industry Interference (TII) Index was successfully held on 7th January 2026 at the Courtyard by Marriott by Colombo, Colombo.
Dr. Manuja Perera, Editor/TobaccoUnmas... [read more]
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Dr Manuja Perera the Editor of the CCT was invited as a guest speaker by the Directorate of Non Communicable Disease Control of the Ministry of Health and Mass Media for an advocacy meeting for media personnel and influencers on tobacco control. It was held on 19th December 2025 at Lavender Hall, BM... [read more]
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Dr. Manuja Perera, Editor of Centre for Combating Tobacco, was invited to do a presentation on the Current Implementation Status of the TAPS Ban in Sri Lanka to the National Council for Noncommunicable Diseases chaired by the Hon. Minister of Health, Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa on 24th October 2025. In h... [read more]
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The Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (CCPSL) were held in Colombo from 13th to 16th July 2025.
Ms. Chinthika Perera and Mr. P. Dineshkumar presented two abstracts showcasing key investigative research findings c... [read more]
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Mr. Periyannan Dineshkumar, serving as a Tamil-language editor at the Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT), has been selected to take part in the esteemed course TIMRA 2025 – Tobacco Industry Monitoring, Research and Accountability – hosted by the University of Bath, UK. Held from June 30 to July 4, ... [read more]
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Dr. Manuja Perera, Editor of the Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT), and Dr. Akhila Nilaweera, Sub-Editor, represented CCT at the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025, held in Dublin, Ireland.
Two abstracts showcasing key investigative research findings conducted by CCT were presented at the... [read more]
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ASCEND is a prestigious capacity building programme led by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. Designed to equip emerging leaders in tobacco control, the 11 month programme combines online training, mentoring, and a... [read more]
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Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) organised a training program in collaboration with Young Professional Alliance for Health (YouPAH), commemorating the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2025 for Public Health Inspectors (PHI) in Jaffna district. The training was conducted with the support of the office o... [read more]
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A webinar was successfully held on 29th May 2025 to commemorate World No Tobacco Day. It was organised by the WHO Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3 in partnership with the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research and the Observatory on str... [read more]
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A media briefing organised by the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) Sri Lanka, commemorating World No Tobacco Day 2025, was successfully held today (28th May) at the National Library and Documentation Services Board, Colombo 7.
Dr. Manuja Perera, Editor/TobaccoUnmasked, participated in t... [read more]
