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2023
2021
Eastern Mediterranean Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023
This is the second Eastern Mediterranean Regional report on Tobacco Industry Interference Index. Nine countries (Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan and Sudan) participated and recorded various forms of tobacco industry (TI) interference and governments’ responses to these instances of meddling. While some governments did not allow the TI to interfere in policy development, others were open to input from the industry, some governments received and endorsed charity from the TI, collaborated with the industry, participated in its events and allowed new tobacco products to be sold in the country.
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Eastern Mediterranean Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021
While the COVID-19 virus spared no country with its infliction, the tobacco industry exploited the pandemic to increase its business. The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), like other regions, was not spared and experienced tobacco industry interference which undermined and compromised public health policy.
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) has been monitoring and documenting instances of tobacco industry interference for more than two decades now.1 The countries addressed in this report represent the continuation of these efforts that are much needed for policy makers to make informed decisions on the implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
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