Dominican Republic

2023
2021
Rank 90 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
100

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
10
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
15
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
15
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
25
Rank 80 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
96

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
9
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
15
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
15
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
23

The Dominican Republic is not a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The tobacco industry generates contributions in multiple social areas in collaboration with the State. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of the tobacco industry include the construction of schools, support for rural programs and women's empowerment, delivery of scholarships and rural development projects in traditionally tobacco farming communities and financing of university programs. In most of these events, representatives of the central government and/or local authorities were present.