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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]
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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]
