Uruguay

2023
2021
2020
2019
Rank 59 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
66

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
12
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
3
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
6
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
17
Rank 21 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
49

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
6
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
2
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
4
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
3
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
17
Rank 6 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
34

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
3
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
6
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
4
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
19
Rank 5 from a survey of 33 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
34

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
3
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
5
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
5
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
19

Uruguay has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since February 27, 2005. Much progress has been made in Uruguay with respect to tobacco control and preventing tobacco industry interference. However, some areas that can be strengthened further include adopting a government-wide code of conduct for dealing with the tobacco industry; a strong policy to disallow the acceptance of all forms of contributions/gifts from the industry; and requiring the tobacco industry to submit information on its marketing expenditures and other activities such as lobbying, political contributions and related initiatives.