Tobacco use among schoolchildren in Sri Lanka has increased significantly over the past eight years, with the proportion of students who have tried smoking at least once doubling between 2016 and 2024,
A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current administration, while 21% of children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition. Pubudu Jayagoda,
Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of
Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people
