• 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]

 

• Curbing the Tobacco Epidemic in Nepal

• Mohit Singh Thagunna, Research and Evaluation Officer, Action Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: thagunna.mohit@actionnepal.net ; thagunna.mohit@gmail.com Tobacco epidemic is one of the burning challenges and biggest public health threats that the world has ever faced. Almost one third of the... [read more]

 

• “Commit to Quit” - WHO’s one year campaign to help millions of tobacco users

• 21st December, 2020   The World Health Organization (WHO) published a statement based on scientific grounds stating that smokers are at a higher risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19. Moreover, Tobacco is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disea... [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 World Hea... [read more]

 

• Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) proposes a New Tobacco Taxation Policy

•   The Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) conducted a tobacco control research study ‘‘Elasticity Estimates for Cigarettes in Sri Lanka’ – the findings inform  that although cigarette prices have gone up over time, cigarettes are still affordable for smokers as tax increases h... [read more]

 

• Bangladesh Bidi Taxation with the COVID-19 Situation

•   For four years there has been no increase in the amount of taxation on bidi in Bangladesh. Despite this fact bidi companies have been organizing press conferences and human chains demanding a reduction in taxes under the banner of a number of puppet organizations.   Dur... [read more]

 

• JTI violates Tobacco Control Rules in Bangladesh

• According to the tobacco control law established in Bangladesh in 2005, any promotion of tobacco products at the point of sales is strictly prohibited. Despite this Japan Tobacco International (JTI) which is a multinational tobacco company has been distributing boxes decorated with JTI brand col... [read more]

 

• Smoking Patterns and COVID-19: Evidence from Pakistan

• COVID-19 pandemic, considered as a major health challenge in the world, has  led  to deaths, business  closures,  loss  of  income  and livelihoods, a  rise  in  mental  distress and an inevitable impact  on  health behaviours. As COVID-19 is a respiratory disease lot of speculations do arise... [read more]

 

• “Voice of Vapers Bangladesh” illegally uses WHO logo

• “Voice of Vapers Bangladesh” which is a pro-vaping organization seems to have been posting misleading posts on their Facebook  page under the name and logo of World Health Organization (WHO). The particular post that is posted on 5th of October 2020 carries the quote 'Vaping is free from the harmful... [read more]