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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 the 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 Rank
14 Brunei Darussalam 1/90
27 New Zealand 2/90
32 France 3/90
32 Netherlands 3/90
33 Botswana 5/90
37 Ethiopia 6/90
38 Mongolia 7/90
38 Uganda 7/90
39 Palau 9/90
41 Mauritius 10/90
42 Burkina Faso 11/90
42 Nepal 11/90
42 Sri Lanka 11/90
43 Norway 14/90
43 Oman 14/90
44 Ukraine 16/90
46 Chad 17/90
46 Montenegro 17/90
46 Panama 17/90
47 Nicaragua 20/90
48 Canada 21/90
48 Côte d'lvoire 21/90
48 Kenya 21/90
48 United Kingdom 21/90
49 Maldives 25/90
50 Iran 26/90
50 Jamaica 26/90
50 Mexico 26/90
50 Thailand 26/90
51 Israel 30/90
52 Myanmar 31/90
53 Gabon 32/90
53 Pakistan 32/90
53 Solomon Islands 32/90
55 Senegal 35/90
56 Spain 36/90
56 Sudan 36/90
57 Kuwait 38/90
57 Vietnam 38/90
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40/90
58 Cambodia 40/90
58 Costa Rica 40/90
58 Ghana 40/90
58 India 40/90
59 Peru 45/90
60 Chile 46/90
60 Kazakhstan 46/90
60 Lebanon 46/90
60 Nigeria 46/90
60 Philippines 46/90
60 South Korea 46/90
60 Venezuela 46/90
61 Sweden 53/90
62 El Salvador 54/90
62 Poland 54/90
63 Egypt 56/90
64 South Africa 57/90
65 Fiji 58/90
66 Brazil 59/90
66 Ecuador 59/90
66 Uruguay 59/90
67 Guatemala 62/90
67 Iraq 62/90
67 Mozambique 62/90
68 Czech Republic 65/90
69 Madagascar 66/90
70 Bolivia 67/90
70 Germany 67/90
70 Honduras 67/90
70 Lao PDR 67/90
70 Paraguay 67/90
72 Bangladesh 72/90
72 Turkey 72/90
73 Bulgaria 74/90
73 China 74/90
74 Argentina 76/90
75 Italy 77/90
76 Malaysia 78/90
77 Zambia 79/90
78 Colombia 80/90
79 Tanzania 81/90
80 Romania 82/90
80 United States of America 82/90
81 Cameroon 84/90
82 Jordan 85/90
83 Georgia 86/90
84 Indonesia 87/90
88 Japan 88/90
95 Switzerland 89/90
100 Dominican Republic 90/90
Score Country Rank
15 Brunei Darussalam 1/80
30 New Zealand 2/80
32 United Kingdom 3/80
33 France 4/80
34 Uganda 5/80
35 Netherlands 6/80
38 Mongolia 7/80
39 Iran 8/80
39 Kenya 8/80
40 Palau 10/80
41 Thailand 11/80
43 Israel 12/80
44 Nepal 13/80
44 Norway 13/80
45 Sri Lanka 15/80
47 Oman 16/80
48 Costa Rica 17/80
48 Gabon 17/80
48 Maldives 17/80
48 Pakistan 17/80
49 Cambodia 21/80
49 Ethiopia 21/80
49 Uruguay 21/80
50 Botswana 24/80
50 Côte d'lvoire 24/80
50 Nicaragua 24/80
51 Sudan 27/80
53 Canada 28/80
53 Nigeria 28/80
53 Peru 28/80
53 Poland 28/80
54 El Salvador 32/80
54 Myanmar 32/80
54 Senegal 32/80
54 Spain 32/80
55 Mexico 36/80
55 South Korea 36/80
56 Chile 38/80
56 Ghana 38/80
57 Burkina Faso 40/80
57 India 40/80
57 Vietnam 40/80
58 Brazil 43/80
58 Fiji 43/80
58 Panama 43/80
58 Philippines 43/80
59 Honduras 47/80
60 Venezuela 48/80
61 Czech Republic 49/80
63 Kazakhstan 50/80
63 Solomon Islands 50/80
64 Egypt 52/80
64 Iraq 52/80
64 Mozambique 52/80
64 South Africa 52/80
64 Ukraine 52/80
66 Malaysia 57/80
67 Bolivia 58/80
68 Germany 59/80
69 Paraguay 60/80
71 Ecuador 61/80
72 Bangladesh 62/80
72 Guatemala 62/80
72 Lao PDR 62/80
72 Lebanon 62/80
72 Turkey 62/80
73 Tanzania 67/80
76 China 68/80
76 Colombia 68/80
76 United States of America 68/80
77 Argentina 71/80
78 Jordan 72/80
78 Zambia 72/80
79 Italy 74/80
79 Romania 74/80
80 Georgia 76/80
83 Indonesia 77/80
88 Japan 78/80
92 Switzerland 79/80
96 Dominican Republic 80/80
Score Country Rank
14 Brunei Darussalam 1/57
27 France 2/57
31 Uganda 3/57
32 United Kingdom 4/57
33 New Zealand 5/57
34 Iran 6/57
34 Uruguay 6/57
36 Peru 8/57
39 Netherlands 9/57
40 Kenya 10/57
42 Ethiopia 11/57
43 Nepal 12/57
43 Thailand 12/57
44 Sri Lanka 14/57
47 Canada 15/57
47 Mexico 15/57
48 Brazil 17/57
48 Israel 17/57
48 Maldives 17/57
49 Cambodia 20/57
49 Costa Rica 20/57
49 Nigeria 20/57
49 Solomon Islands 20/57
50 Pakistan 24/57
54 Myanmar 25/57
56 South Korea 26/57
56 Vietnam 26/57
57 Philippines 28/57
57 Sudan 28/57
58 Ghana 30/57
58 South Africa 30/57
60 Czech Republic 32/57
61 Egypt 33/57
61 India 33/57
61 Mozambique 33/57
63 Germany 36/57
63 Kazakhstan 36/57
63 Malaysia 36/57
63 Spain 36/57
64 Chile 40/57
66 Argentina 41/57
66 United States of America 41/57
67 Turkey 43/57
68 Bangladesh 44/57
68 Ukraine 44/57
69 Ecuador 46/57
73 Lao PDR 47/57
73 Tanzania 47/57
76 Lebanon 49/57
77 China 50/57
77 Colombia 50/57
77 Georgia 50/57
77 Jordan 50/57
77 Romania 50/57
78 Zambia 55/57
82 Indonesia 56/57
88 Japan 57/57
Score Country Rank
26 United Kingdom 1/33
29 Uganda 2/33
30 Iran 3/33
33 Kenya 4/33
34 Brazil 5/33
34 France 5/33
34 Uruguay 5/33
41 Nepal 8/33
43 Thailand 9/33
47 Canada 10/33
48 Cambodia 11/33
50 South Korea 12/33
53 Myanmar 13/33
54 Philippines 14/33
58 Sri Lanka 15/33
58 Turkey 15/33
58 Vietnam 15/33
59 Mexico 18/33
61 Ukraine 19/33
62 Malaysia 20/33
66 Pakistan 21/33
68 Lao PDR 22/33
69 India 23/33
70 Tanzania 24/33
72 South Africa 25/33
72 United States of America 25/33
73 China 27/33
73 Egypt 27/33
75 Indonesia 29/33
75 Lebanon 29/33
77 Bangladesh 31/33
79 Jordan 32/33
88 Japan 33/33

News

New WHO Campaign Highlights Tobacco Industry Tactics to Influence Public Health Policies
The World Health Organization (WHO), today, officially launches the "Stop the lies" campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their deadly products, by calling for an end to tobacco industry interference in health policy. This campaign is supported by new evidence from “The Global To ...
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PH gets 5th ‘Dirty Ashtray’ in tobacco control convention
MANILA, Philippines — An international civil society watchdog awarded the notorious “Dirty Ashtray” award to the Philippine delegation for its statements inclined to favor the tobacco industry and interpellations that obstructed the agenda of the 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Conve ...
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Progga Urges to Ban Cigarette Filters and Vaporizers to Address Plastic Pollution
Progga (Knowledge for Progress), a research and advocacy organization as well as a member of Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA), has written a letter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, urging the ministries to work together in banning cigarette filters and ...
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Tobacco and Nicotine Industry Tactics Addict Youth for Life
The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industry designs products, implements marketing campaigns and works to shape policy environments to help them addict the world’s youth. This co ...
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Press Release: Latin American & Caribbean organizations denounce tobacco industry interference in their countries
Latin America and the Caribbean (July 23, 2024) – Today, representatives of organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean released a video in which they denounce the interference of the tobacco industry in their countries and ask their governments to protect children and youth from this industry.
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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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Regional Resources

Africa
Africa
Asia
Asia
Eastern Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Europe
The Americas
The Americas

Main Reports

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Global Report Executive Summary
Global Tobacco Industry
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Global Report Executive Summary
Global Tobacco Industry
Global Report Executive Summary
Global Tobacco Industry

Resources

Get Involved

Countering tobacco industry interference is a collaborative effort that needs the involvement of policymakers, civil society organizations, and concerned citizens in calling for the implementation of WHO FCTC Article 5.3.

You can support the movement for good governance in tobacco control through the following ways:

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  • Learn More
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  • Speak Up
    Report tobacco industry misconduct in your country and contribute to STOP’s efforts to expose industry tactics.
    exposetobacco.org/speak-up