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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 the tobacco industry's commercial and vested interests as required under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).

This report is based on publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in countries and the corresponding government responses. Countries receive rankings from civil society groups, with lower scores reflecting less interference and greater protection of public health.

The Global Tobacco Index uses a survey questionnaire grounded in the Article 5.3 Guidelines of the WHO FCTC. It consists of 20 questions grouped under seven key indicators of industry interference, namely:


  • Policy Development

  • Tobacco
    Industry CSR

  • Benefits to the Industry

  • Unnecessary Interaction

  • Measures for Transparency

  • Conflict of Interest

  • Preventive Measures
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Global Rankings 2023

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.

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

News

News • 17 November 2023

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 deadl …

News • 19 February 2024

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 toba …

News • 07 March 2024

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 …

News • 26 May 2024

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 nicot …

News • 29 July 2024

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 interfere …

Blog • 16 October 2022

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 govern …

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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: