Paraguay
2023
2021
Rank 67 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
70
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
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
5
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
14
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
21
Rank 60 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
69
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
13
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
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
7
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
21
Paraguay became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on December 25, 2006. The president of the republic holds periodic meetings with the former president of the republic and owner and main representative of Tabacalera del Este S.A. (TABESA). These meetings are not published on government websites, nor is what is discussed and agreed to in these meetings. It is known through investigations of communication media. The state has a resolution of the Ministry of Health No. 237, which establishes the mandatory registration of natural or legal persons who are dedicated to the production, import and export of tobacco, with which the industry is formalized.
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2023
2021