Egypt

2023
2021
2020
2019
Rank 56 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
63

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
2
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
10
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
10
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22
Rank 52 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
64

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
4
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
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
9
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
23
Rank 33 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
61

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
9
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
1
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
9
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22
Rank 27 from a survey of 33 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
73

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
5
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
5
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
13
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
12
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
23

Egypt has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since May 26, 2005. Tobacco is a major challenge in Egypt, with a quarter of adults currently using tobacco products and half of the country’s population exposed to secondhand smoke in their own homes. To address this, tobacco control policies on pictorial health images and increased tobacco tax have been implemented. However, the tobacco industry needs to be further de-normalized as a partner in carrying out tobacco control measures.