Italy became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on September 30, 2008. There is no law in Italy that controls the influence of the tobacco industry in setting or implementing public health policies in relation to tobacco control. The government allows the tobacco industry lobby to represent the company point of view on issues relating to the tobacco sector and in particular to increase knowledge relating to new generation products, without setting public health policies. The Italian delegation to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control  Conference of the Parties (COP) excludes industry representatives, but they were included in the past (2012, 2014).