Colombia

2023
2021
2020
Rank 80 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
78

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
14
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
15
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
11
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
17
Rank 68 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
76

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
15
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
15
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
9
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
16
Rank 31 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
77

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
15
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
15
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
9
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
18

Colombia became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on July 9, 2008. During 2020 and 2021, the Federación Nacional de Departamentos (FND), an entity comprised of the representatives of the subnational authorities, continued developing the investment agreement entered into with Philip Morris International (PMI). In the course of this agreement new tobacco research facilities have been launched. Furthermore, there have been meetings between representatives of subnational authorities and Coltabaco (a subsidiary of PMI), to discuss anti-tobacco smuggling operations. The FND has also created the so-called “legal trade zones” initiative to fight the illegal commerce of tobacco products, with the support of British American Tobacco (BAT).