• Who traps children in substance? What can we as teachers do about it?: Webinar for School Teachers, Dhamma schools, Technical colleges and tuition classes

• A scientific online discussion on “Who traps children in substance? What can we, as teachers do about it?” was held successfully on 10th October 2021 starting from 7 pm onwards. Around 200 School teachers, teachers of Dhamma schools, higher education institutes, technical colleges and tuition classe... [read more]

 

• Press Release: Minister of Finance’s Statement on Duties of the Excise Department

• 11th September 2021 Excise Department of Sri Lanka was established under the Excise Ordinance No.08 of 1912 with the key functions of collecting excise revenue, uncovering excise crimes, uncovering tobacco crimes, uncovering narcotic crimes and implementation of policies. It is one of the main re... [read more]

 

• TobaccoUnmasked Celebrates its 4th Anniversary

• TobaccoUnmasked (TU); the official information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) based on a media wiki platform, celebrates its 4th anniversary today. It contains evidence based information on the tobacco industry activities and interferences. TU was ceremonially launched by Professor... [read more]

 

• Tobacco industry, The Corona epidemic and Commit to quit

• World No Tobacco Day 2021 Tobacco industry, The Corona epidemic and Commit to quit To commemorate World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT) in partnership with Young Professionals’ Alliance for Health (YouPAH) organisd a panel discussion on zoom technology on 30th May 202... [read more]

 

• TUHS App Celebrates its 3rd Anniversary

• Tobacco Unmasked HotSpots App created by the Centre for Combatting Tobacco, celebrates its 3rd anniversary today. TUHS is a GIS based online free mobile application to monitor geographical location of tobacco industry activities and interference in public health. It also enables the regis... [read more]

 

• Launch of the Research Report "A Scientific investigation of Tobacco and Alcohol Portrayal in Sri Lankan Media and its Public Health Implications"

•     A research report on portrayal of tobacco and alcohol in media and its public health implications was launched by the Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT) in an advocacy event and a press briefing held on the 30th of March 2021 at the Cinnamon Grand hotel. The Vice Chancellor ... [read more]

 

• SARC-CCT Online Fellowship Programme 2021 Initiated

• The CCT (Centre for Combating Tobacco)  and SARC-CCT (South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco) launched the second cycle of Online Fellowship Programme yesterday, 18th January 2021. This project is powered by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Uni... [read more]

 

• CCT resumes its activities in the new year

•   Centre for Combating Tobacco resumed its activities in the new year of 2021 yesterday, on the 4th of January with the participation of the full and part-time core team members, project team members and interns. Representatives from the CCT volunteer network also attended the event. CCT ... [read more]

 

• Promoting Tobacco Industry Monitoring Among the parties to the WHO FCTC

•   A webinar on ‘Promoting Tobacco Industry Monitoring Among the parties to the WHO FCTC’, organized by the WHO FCTC and GGTC (Global Centre for Good Governance) was held on 15th December 16, 2020 with the participation of a number of representatives from all around the world. The objecti... [read more]

 

• Joint Press Release: Raise Tobacco Tax and Save Health AND Economy of Sri Lanka

•   (23rd November 2020)   Tobacco prematurely kills 50% of its users and 20,000 Sri Lankans per year. It is also a major determinant of poverty at individual, household and community levels, contributing to the vicious cycles of under nutrition and lower economic productivity. The Wo... [read more]