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A vital educational and awareness session on “Nicotine: The Trap That Smiles Back”

A vital educational and awareness session focusing on the theme “Nicotine: The Trap That Smiles Back” was recently conducted at the Wattala Toastmasters Club. This […]

A group discussion with social activists in Mattakkuliya to counteract tobacco industry interference

RBJ Suranga, who successfully completed the first phase of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions”, successfully commenced the […]

Webinar: Lifetime ban on tobacco for younger generations: Maldives did it! Will Sri Lanka too?”

A webinar on “Lifetime ban on tobacco for younger generations: Maldives did it! Will Sri Lanka too?” was successfully held on 25th May 2026 with […]

Engaging community networks to counteract tobacco industry interference: A group discussion with students in Anuradhapura

Reshani Takshila, Lashani Chethana and Thimali Takshila, who successfully completed the first phase of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies […]

Engaging community networks to counteract tobacco industry interference: TOT program for young persons in Horape

Hasith Sandaruwan, who completed the first phase of the short course “Investigating tobacco industry interference on public health policies and actions”, successfully commenced the second […]

Engaging community networks to counteract tobacco industry interference: A group discussion with young persons in Sainthamaruthu

As the second phase of the short course launched last February, participants who successfully completed the first phase were invited to conduct an intervention engaging […]

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SARC CCT

South Asian Regional Consortium Centre for Combating Tobacco (SARC-CCT) is the South Asian tobacco observatory established at the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT)... [read more]

TOBACCO UNMASKED

Tobaccounmasked.lk is the information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT). It publishes evidence based peer-reviewed information on tobacco industry activities in Sri Lanka and the region... [read more]

TU South Asia

This is the information portal of the South Asian tobacco observatory (SARC-CCT) established at the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT). It contains evidence-based information on the tobacco industry and their strategies and responses to tobacco control efforts across the South Asian region... [read more]

TU Archive

TU Archive is a free digital library /online database which archives documents, audio/ video footage and other material relevant in tobacco control including countering tobacco industry interference. [read more]

HOTSPOTS Map

TU Hotspots Map is a free online "heat map" of Sri Lanka with a colour scheme to indicate the density of selected industry interference strategies at their geographical location. [view map]

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.