About TobaccoUnmasked HotSpots
TU HotSpots is a monitoring system. What do we monitor? CCT that powers TU HotSpots is the WHO-sanctioned Tobacco Industry Observatory in Sri Lanka and region. Essentially, the TU HotSpots monitors Tobacco Industry Interference and Activities (TIIA) in public health issues. We also monitor what is happening in media in related to TIIA. You can report TIIA that you witness, for example a tobacco advertisement or promotion that you saw, to TU HotSpots, tagged with the geographical location where it happened, if relevant. For example, if it was a tobacco promotion happening in a shop or a supermarket, the location of that shop or supermarket is the location that you report. If it is an advertisement on social media, then there is no location to report.
We verify what you report and then compile them in a way that you can easily understand. The HotSpots with geographical locations reported by you are shown on our TU HotSpots Map, powered by Geographic Information System (GIS). TIIA through media reported by you can be found on our TU Media Dashboard.
This is how you become part of what we call the Community Driven Tobacco Surveillance System (CDTSS), which is the world’s first people driven tobacco surveillance system, coordinated by the Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT), Sri Lanka.
