• Regional Meeting for the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties of the WHO-FCTC

• Centre for Combating Tobacco was invited for the Regional Meeting for the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organisation-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC)held on 20th and 21st August 2018, at New Delhi, India. The meeting was organized by the ... [read more]

 

• Call-to- Action Videos by CCT

• The Call-to-Action video created in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages and shared via social media, contains a request to the general public to inform CCT about tobacco industry activities and interference in public health policies and actions.

 

• Launch of call to action video

• The official launch of the Call-to-Action video produced by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) was held on 29th July 2018 at Hotel Galadari, Colombo in parallel to the 131st Anniversary Annual International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association. The launch was done by Dr. Palitha... [read more]

 

• National World No Tobacco Day Commemoration -2018

• National No Tobacco Day Celebrations in Sri Lanka were held on 07th June 2018 at Water’s Edge, Battaramulla. The event was organized by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine and the World Health organization country office. This y... [read more]

 

• Official launch of Tobacco Unmasked HotSpots (TU HotSpots)

• The Tobacco Unmasked HotSpots was officially launched by Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, Chairperson, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) at an event held on 9th April 2018 at the Auditorium, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Wijerama House, Colombo 07. TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots is a GIS based... [read more]

 

• Participation of CCT staff at World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2018

• The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) is a high profile international scientific conference, held every four years, presenting the latest developments in tobacco control and global efforts to reduce tobacco use in all its forms. The 17th WCTOH was held from 7 to 9 March 2018 at Cape Tow... [read more]

 

• Tobacco Cultivation in Sri Lanka- The Past, Present and the Future

• A National Forum on “Tobacco Cultivation in Sri Lanka- Past, Present and the Future” was conducted by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in collaboration with Presidential Task Force on Drug Prevention on Tuesday 27th, February 2018 at Colombo. This fo... [read more]

 

• Coverage for "National Forum on Tobacco Cultivation in Sri Lanka" on National TV Channels

 

• Symposium on Grass Root Level Actions to Control Tobacco / Alcohol and to Counter Industry Interference

• Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in collaboration with Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) organised the Symposium on Grass Root Level Actions to Control Tobacco / Alcohol and to Counter Industry Interference, on the 19th of September 2017 at the ... [read more]

 

• Workshops on Investigative Reporting related to Tobacco Industry and FCTC Article 5.3 for Local Correspondents of National Media

• Two workshops on the above topics were conducted on 14th November and 21st November for the local correspondents from North Western and Northern provinces. The workshops were organized as a collaborative project with, Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC). The main aim of the workshops was to i... [read more]