Nicaragua

2023
2021
Rank 20 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
47

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
2
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
0
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
4
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
6
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22
Rank 24 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
50

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
2
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
0
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
4
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
5
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22

Nicaragua became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on July 8, 2008. In the period of 2019-2021, there is transparency of the interactions between the government and the tobacco industry, which are disclosed through the official digital media and on the websites of the government institutions involved. They are accompanied by descriptive text of the activity carried out, photographs of the government official and the representatives of the tobacco companies of the country and the countries visited.