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CCT Presence at The 49th Union Conference on Lung Health
The Union World Conference on Lung Health is the largest assembly of activists, policy makers, researchers and community advocates on lung health. Tobacco control is […]
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 […]
Launch of the TobaccoUnmasked(TU) 100th Post
Tobacco Unmasked is the official information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) based on a MediaWiki platform. It contains evidence based information on […]
Launch of the Community Driven Tobacco Surveillance System (CDTSS)
Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) developed a free mobile app named as TobaccoUnmasked_HotSpots to report activities of the tobacco industry. The inputs from this app […]
8th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8), Geneva, Switzerland
The 8th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World health organization (WHO) was […]
HOTSPOTS App
TU Hotspots App is a free mobile app developed for people to report activities of the tobacco industry using the GIS (Geographic Information System) technology.
From Tobacco Unmasked
Jayantha Egodawela
Jayantha Egodawela (Image 1) is the president of the All Ceylon Cigarette Tobacco Barn Owners' Association (Barn Owners’ Association), the association of the registered barn owners of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC). CTC, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT), holds the monopoly of cigarette manufacturing and sales in Sri Lanka.[Read more]
A Bodhi Pooja against the Tobacco Cultivation Ban
The “Bodhi Pooja” was organised by the All Ceylon Cigarette Tobacco Barn Owners' Association at Sri Sambodhi Viharaya in Kalegama, Dehiattakandiya, in October 2017.According to Jayantha Egodawela, the president of the Barn Owners' Association, this event was facilitated by the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC).[Read more]
Proposed ban on Single Stick Cigarette Sales in Sri Lanka
On the 11th September 2018, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne proposed a new draft policy to the Cabinet of Ministers for their approval on banning the sale of single cigarette sticks.The Health Minister had indicated in the previous two years that he was going to propose this new policy through repeated public statements on ‘single stick cigarette ban policy’[Read more]
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya is a state university in Sri Lanka, registered under the Ministry of Higher Education. Faculty of Agriculture is one of the nine faculties of the university. According to the faculty website, Mr. Lalith Rankoth who is an academic staff member at Department of Crop Science, has worked as a Research and Development Officer at the Ceylon Tobacco Company.Read details about their recent tobacco related activities in our new page.[Read more]
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