CCT – Tobacco Unmasked

Tobacco Unmasked (TU) Information Portal

Tobacco Unmasked is the information portal of the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT). It contains peer reviewedevidence based information on the tobacco industry, with detailed profiles of tobacco companies relevant to Sri Lanka and their employees. The pages of this website also contain profiles of tobacco industry allies; institutions and individuals linked with the industry in various ways.
TU describes strategies adopted by the tobacco industry under the themes of influencing policy, tobacco tax & price related issues, corporate social investments, tobacco cultivation and marketing and promotion. Tobacco industry arguments and their responses against different policy processes are reported as a learning exercise for future reference.

Tobacco Unmasked Hotspots App

Tobacco Unmasked (TU) HotSpots App is a mobile (Android and Apple) application to report Tobacco Industry Interference (TII). Activists, Government officials and other stakeholders in tobacco control and general public are encouraged to use this app to identify and report TII.

Tobacco Unmasked Hotspots Map

TUHotSpots Map is a user-friendly interactive map of Sri Lanka, marked with GIS-based spots (HotSpots) of instances of Tobacco Industry Interference (TII), fed by the users of the TU HotSpots App. This map enables the stakeholders in tobacco control to identify geographical ‘hot spots’ of TII and take timely action, including advocating for better policies or to drive community empowerment projects in tobacco control.

Tobacco Unmasked Archive

This is a digital library/online database which has archived documents/ audios/ videos and other material relevant for tobacco control and industry interference.