Pakistan

2023
2021
2020
2019
Rank 32 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
53

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
1
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
3
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
7
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
17
Rank 17 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
48

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
5
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
7
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
7
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
12
Rank 24 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
50

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
8
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
2
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
5
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
13
Rank 21 from a survey of 33 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
66

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
11
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
7
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
14
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
12

Pakistan has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since February 27, 2005. Progress has been achieved in enforcing tobacco control measures, however tobacco industry interference has resulted to weakened policies. For example, tobacco industry lobbying to non-health departments against larger pictorial health warnings resulted in reduced sizes. Another significant challenge is tobacco industry-related CSR, which is currently not banned and is often used by the industry to partner with government agencies.