Montenegro
2023
Rank 17 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
46
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
4
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
3
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
3
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
7
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
5
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
6
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
18
Montenegro ratified the Framework Convention on the Control of Tobacco Products (WHO FCTC) in October 2006, followed by the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in 2017. The current Law on Limiting Use of Tobacco Products came into force on August 1, 2019, while the Tobacco Law, regulating the production, processing, and trade of tobacco and tobacco products, was adopted in 2008 and amended in 2011 and 2015. The Excise Law, last amended in 2022, governs excise taxes on tobacco products.
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