Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index

The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (Global Tobacco Index) is a global survey on how governments are responding to tobacco industry interference and protecting their public health policies from tobacco industry's commercial and vested interests as required under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

This report is based on publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in countries and their respective governments’ responses to these 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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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:

Participation in Policy Development
TI Corporate Social Responsibility
Benefits to the Industry
Unnecessary Interaction
Measures for Transparency
Conflict of Interest
Preventive Measures

Global Rankings

This report is based on publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in countries and their respective governments’ responses to these 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.

More information can be found on the Country Ranking

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Score	Country
15	Brunei Darussalam
30	New Zealand
32	United Kingdom
33	France
34	Uganda
35	Netherlands
38	Mongolia
39	Iran
39	Kenya
40	Palau
41	Thailand
43	Israel
44	Nepal
44	Norway
45	Sri Lanka
47	Oman
48	Costa Rica
48	Gabon
48	Maldives
48	Pakistan
49	Cambodia
49	Ethiopia
49	Uruguay
50	Botswana
50	Côte d'lvoire
50	Nicaragua
51	Sudan
53	Canada
53	Nigeria
53	Peru
53	Poland
54	El Salvador
54	Myanmar
54	Senegal
54	Spain
55	South Korea
55	Mexico
56	Chile
56	Ghana
57	Burkina Faso
57	India
57	Vietnam
58	Brazil
58	Fiji
58	Panama
58	Philippines
59	Honduras
60	Venezuela
61	Czech Republic
63	Kazakhstan
63	Solomon Islands
64	Egypt
64	Iraq
64	Mozambique
64	South Africa
64	Ukraine
66	Malaysia
67	Bolivia
68	Germany
69	Paraguay
71	Ecuador
72	Bangladesh
72	Guatemala
72	Lao PDR
72	Lebanon
72	Turkey
73	Tanzania
76	China
76	Colombia
76	United States of America
77	Argentina
78	Jordan
78	Zambia
79	Italy
79	Romania
80	Georgia
83	Indonesia
88	Japan
92	Switzerland
96	Dominican Republic

Score	Country
14	Brunei Darussalam
27	France
31	Uganda
32	United Kingdom
33	New Zealand
34	Iran
34	Uruguay
36	Peru
39	Netherlands
40	Kenya
42	Ethiopia
43	Nepal
43	Thailand
44	Sri Lanka
47	Canada
47	Mexico
48	Brazil
48	Maldives
48	Israel
49	Cambodia
49	Nigeria
49	Solomon Islands
49	Costa Rica
50	Pakistan
54	Myanmar
56	South Korea
56	Vietnam
57	Philippines
57	Sudan
58	South Africa
58	Ghana
60	Czech Republic
61	Egypt
61	India
61	Mozambique
63	Malaysia
63	Spain
63	Kazakhstan
63	Germany
64	Chile
66	United States of America
66	Argentina
67	Turkey
68	Bangladesh
68	Ukraine
69	Ecuador
73	Lao PDR
73	Tanzania
76	Lebanon
77	China
77	Jordan
77	Colombia
77	Romania
77	Georgia
78	Zambia
82	Indonesia
88	Japan

Score	Country
26	United Kingdom
29	Uganda
30	Iran
33	Kenya
34	Brazil
34	Uruguay
34	France
41	Nepal
43	Thailand
47	Canada
48	Cambodia
50	South Korea
53	Myanmar
54	Philippines
58	Sri Lanka
58	Turkey
58	Vietnam
59	Mexico
61	Ukraine
62	Malaysia
66	Pakistan
68	Lao PDR
69	India
70	Tanzania
72	South Africa
72	United States of America
73	Egypt
73	China
75	Lebanon
75	Indonesia
77	Bangladesh
79	Jordan
88	Japan

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Countering Corporate Sabotage: Impact Stories on Tobacco Interference Index

In 2021, civil society groups in 80 countries prepared their Tobacco Industry Interference Index (Index), coordinated by GGTC and published by STOP, to assess how well their government has been protecting tobacco control policies and efforts from being undermined and derailed by commercial and other vested interests.

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