Introduction

The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) was established under section 2 of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act, No 27th of 2006, with the responsibility to reduce tobacco and alcohol-related harm through public health policy development and implementation, and advocacy. The authority is functioned under five key objectives as,

• To identify the broad and specific policies in relation to tobacco and alcohol (and other narcotics) for protecting public health

• To eliminate tobacco and alcohol related harm through the assessment and monitoring of the production, marketing, advertising and consumption of tobacco products and alcohol products

• To make provisions discouraging persons especially children from smoking or consuming alcohol by curtailing their access to tobacco products and alcohol products

• To promote and adopt and implement clean air laws and restrict the availability spaces to protect the community from tobacco and alcohol

• To propose and promote all other measures, including cessation of tobacco and alcohol programmes necessary to prevent harm from tobacco and alcohol to the

The Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (ERCNATA) was established in 2021 to provide ethics reviews for tobacco and alcohol control- related research projects involving humans. The ERCNATA helps the researchers in promoting and adhering to ethical principles in research, including obtaining ethics clearance for the research projects. In addition, the ERCNATA serves as a monitoring body, monitoring and suppressing attempts by the tobacco and alcohol industries to disseminate inaccurate and misleading information through research.

ER application 

Printed ERC booklet

Guidlines - Ethics Review Commitee of NATA