GLOBAL TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE INDEX

The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (Global Tobacco Index) measures efforts by governments to address tobacco industry interference. Countries that scored well on the Global Tobacco Index have prevailed against tobacco industry interference by implementing measures to protect themselves.

This report is based on publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in countries and their respective governments’ responses to this interferences. Countries are ranked according to total scores provided by civil society groups. The lower the score, the lower the overall level of interference, which augurs well for the country.

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COUNTRY RANKINGS

The Global Tobacco Index rates countries on their response to tobacco industry interference through a survey questionnaire. The questionnaire, developed from Article 5.3 Guidelines, contains 20 questions covering 7 indicators of industry interference on which countries are scored:

Indicator 1 (I1): The industry's participation in policy development
Indicator 2 (I2): Tobacco industry-related corporate social responsibility activities
Indicator 3 (I3): Benefits given to the tobacco industry
Indicator 4 (I4): Unnecessary interaction between government and industry
Indicator 5 (I5): Measures for transparency
Indicator 6 (I6). Preventing conflicts of interest
Indicator 7 (I7). Measures that prevent industry influence

Sort the list to view which countries experienced the most and least interference on each indicator of the Global Tobacco Index, or use the search bar to see the breakdown of scores from a country. Click on the button below to download the full data set.

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#	COUNTRY	i1	i2	i3	i4	i5	i6	i7	TOTAL SCORE
25	Argentina	5	5	7	15	6	9	19	66
30	Bangladesh	6	5	10	8	8	13	18	68
14	Brazil	9	2	4	11	6	4	12	48
1	Brunei Darussalam	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	14
15	Cambodia	4	3	6	3	7	9	17	49
13	Canada	5	3	7	8	4	4	16	47
24	Chile	6	3	10	7	5	14	19	64
31	China	18	5	7	12	8	9	18	77
31	Colombia	15	4	7	15	9	9	18	77
15	Costa Rica	5	4	4	6	8	0	22	49
21	Czech Republic	7	3	8	5	10	7	20	60
28	Ecuador	10	5	8	12	7	6	21	69
22	Egypt	9	5	1	9	10	5	22	61
10	Ethiopia	7	2	6	6	4	5	12	42
2	France	4	1	2	3	3	4	10	27
31	Georgia	15	4	8	9	10	9	22	77
23	Germany	5	5	7	7	8	8	23	63
20	Ghana	6	3	6	3	10	7	23	58
22	India	7	4	5	9	10	10	16	61
33	Indonesia	15	5	10	15	10	11	16	82
6	Iran	4	1	7	2	6	4	10	34
14	Israel	14	0	7	0	7	6	14	48
34	Japan	19	5	8	10	8	15	23	88
31	Jordan	16	5	8	15	8	12	13	77
23	Kazakhstan	8	5	4	6	10	5	25	63
9	Kenya	2	5	4	5	2	6	16	40
29	Lao PDR	12	0	8	15	8	11	19	73
30	Lebanon	10	3	9	12	10	10	22	76
23	Malaysia	10	3	8	5	8	9	20	63
14	Maldives	5	0	8	2	10	10	13	48
13	Mexico	4	2	2	9	5	10	15	47
22	Mozambique	4	4	7	7	9	5	25	61
17	Myanmar	4	4	7	3	9	6	21	54
11	Nepal	2	2	6	3	8	5	17	43
8	Netherlands	3	1	5	7	7	7	9	39
5	New Zealand	6	1	3	0	5	5	13	33
15	Nigeria	11	4	7	8	5	5	9	49
16	Pakistan	8	5	2	5	8	9	13	50
7	Peru	4	1	4	4	4	0	19	36
19	Philippines	16	4	5	11	3	11	7	57
31	Romania	12	1	10	13	10	9	22	77
15	Solomon Islands	4	5	5	6	8	3	18	49
20	South Africa	8	5	7	5	7	5	21	58
18	South Korea	3	5	8	5	10	7	18	56
23	Spain	6	5	5	11	5	12	19	63
12	Sri Lanka	6	1	3	3	10	7	14	44
19	Sudan	3	5	7	4	8	5	25	57
29	Tanzania	14	5	9	5	8	7	25	73
11	Thailand	1	4	5	4	7	12	10	43
26	Turkey	16	0	9	5	10	5	22	67
3	Uganda	4	3	1	3	6	2	12	31
27	Ukraine	13	3	5	13	8	6	20	68
4	United Kingdom	3	1	3	2	4	8	11	32
25	United States of America	15	5	9	3	5	10	19	66
6	Uruguay	2	0	3	0	6	4	19	34
18	Vietnam	12	5	1	10	6	6	16	56
32	Zambia	13	5	10	10	9	6	25	78

RESOURCES

Read more about the Global Tobacco Index by downloading the full report and other resources. For the Latin America Tobacco Industry Interference Index in Spanish, visit www.noalainterferenciatabacalera.com. Click on the dropdown button for each item to view its description.

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