India
View by Year
| Global Tobacco Index Score |
2021
57
Rank 40
|
2020
61
Rank 22
|
2019
69
Rank 23
|
| INDICATORS | |||
 Level of Participation in Policy-Development
|
7 | 7 | 6 |
 Tobacco Industry-related Corporate Social Responsibility activities
|
5 | 4 | 4 |
 Benefits given to the Tobacco Industry
|
5 | 5 | 5 |
 Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
|
11 | 9 | 12 |
 Measures for Transparency
|
10 | 10 | 9 |
 Preventing Conflicts of Interest
|
9 | 10 | 12 |
 Measures that prevent Industry Influence
|
10 | 16 | 16 |
India has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since February 27, 2005. While the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act of 2003 is India’s primary legislation for tobacco control, it currently has no specific laws for the implementation of Article 5.3. As the tobacco industry collaborates widely with various government agencies, particularly through corporate social responsibility activities, directly or indirectly it becomes involved in public health policy making.
