Lives Saved Report: Saving 85,000 Lives in Sri Lanka
July 31, 2025 by tobaccoharmreduction.net
Lives Saved Report: Saving 85,000 Lives in Sri Lanka
The Lives Saved Sri Lanka Report presents an urgent call to action for integrating Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) into Sri Lanka’s tobacco control strategy and evaluates the potential long-term impact of supplementing the WHO MPOWER framework with innovative harm reduction products and improved lung cancer treatment access.
12.90% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 2.3 million current smokers in Sri Lanka 26.60% of men are current smokers but only 0.50% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
