Sri Lanka

2023
2021
2020
2019
Rank 11 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
42

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
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
5
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
13
Rank 15 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
45

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
4
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
3
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
4
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
7
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
12
Rank 14 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
44

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
6
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
1
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
3
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
3
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
7
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
14
Rank 15 from a survey of 33 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
58

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
6
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
6
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
9
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
8
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
20

Sri Lanka has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since February 27, 2005. The National Authority on Tobacco Control and Alcohol Act 2006 is the principal law governing tobacco control in Sri Lanka. While there is no sustained program to consistently raise awareness on Article 5.3 within government departments, the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol has initiated the development of a plan to implement Article 5.3 in 2019.