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Costa Rica

2023
2021
2020
Rank 40 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
58

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
11
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
3
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
3
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
7
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
4
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
23
Rank 17 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
48

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
6
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
5
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
1
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22
Rank 20 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
49

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
5
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
4
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
6
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
0
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22

Costa Rica became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on November 19, 2008. The government does not establish any rules or regulations to ensure transparency in interaction with the tobacco industry. Nor does it force the tobacco industry to declare who represents its interests, pressure groups or lobbyists. This regulation is necessary and urgent to limit the efforts of the industry in tobacco control.