Iraq

2023
2021
Rank 62 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
67

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
7
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
1
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
10
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
8
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
23
Rank 52 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
64

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
8
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
1
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
9
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
7
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
21

Iraq became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on June 15, 2008. Iraq does not have a plan for implementation of Article 5.3. There is no procedure in place to disclose the government’s interaction with the tobacco industry. The government has not adopted or implemented a code of conduct for public officials in their dealings with the tobacco industry. The state tobacco company announced some information about its tobacco production, revenue and any future plans while the Iraqi private tobacco trade companies do not have to do that.  

There is no requirement for the industry to submit other information such as market share, marketing expenditures, lobbying, philanthropy and others. There is no publicly available information to show the government has a program or plan to consistently raise awareness on Article 5.3 Guidelines within its departments. Further, the National Tobacco Control section is a small tab on the public health directorate website and provides no information.

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2023
2021