Sudan

2023
2021
2020
Rank 36 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
56

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
9
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
25
Rank 27 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
51

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
3
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
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
25
Rank 28 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
57

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
3
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
4
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
25

Sudan became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on January 29, 2006. The government has not formulated, adopted or implemented a code of conduct for public officials, prescribing the standards in their dealings with the tobacco industry. There is no program to create awareness specifically around Article 5.3 for other departments. There is no policy to disallow the acceptance of contributions/gifts from the tobacco industry including offers of assistance, policy drafts or study visit invitations given or offered to the government and its agencies.