Malaysia
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Rank 78 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
76
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
16
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
9
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
22
Rank 57 from a survey of 80 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
4
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
7
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
7
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
7
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
20
Rank 36 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
63
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
10
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
5
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
20
Rank 20 from a survey of 33 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
62
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
9
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
5
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
8
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
20
Malaysia has been a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) since December 15, 2005. The law on tobacco control, the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations 2014, is enclosed within the Food Act of 1983. Even so, transnational tobacco companies, particularly British American Tobacco, continue to thrive. Though the Ministry of Health started development of a code of conduct for Ministry of Health officials several years ago, this safeguard is not yet in place. No significant progress has been made recently in implementing Article 5.3.
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