UK Fails to Regain Number One Position for Second Year Running
The latest data from the Global Tobacco Index shows that the UK still has work to do on preventing tobacco industry interference in policy and legislation.
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agosto 05, 2026
Past Achievements Do Not Ensure Continued Protection from Tobacco Industry Interference
Uruguay and New Zealand, both recognized for their leadership in tobacco control, are reinforcing a common message that achievements in tobacco control must be accompanied by sustained efforts to safeguard public health policymaking from tobacco industry interference.
European Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021
The European Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 analyzes how 16 countries in the WHO European Region and the institutions of the European Union are affected by tobacco industry, and how far they have progressed in the implementation of Article 5.3 and its Guidelines that were unanimously adopted.
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Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds
The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday.
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Tobacco Companies Stepped Up Influence Efforts During Covid, Report Finds
Firms increased charitable donations to the healthcare sector, and was ‘unnecessarily’ involved in fight against illicit trade in cigarettes, global industry watchdog says
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Launch of the Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index in Latin America
The document to be presented reflects the main findings and recommendations on how these countries can further protect tobacco control policies from interference by the Tobacco Industry.
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They Accuse Tobacco Companies of Taking Advantage of the Pandemic to Influence Governments
New York, Nov 2 (EFE) .- The tobacco industry used the covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to gain influence in the governments of eighty countries, which were vulnerable to lobbying and charitable donations from those companies, according to a report published Tuesday by the STOP control group.
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Tobacco Industry Lobby Index: Switzerland Ranks Second to Last Worldwide
In the new Tobacco Lobby Index 2021, Switzerland comes in an inglorious 79th place (out of 80) and is just ahead of the Dominican Republic. Once again it becomes clear: the tobacco industry is massively interfering in Swiss politics in order to be able to freely market and sell its deadly and harmful products.
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L’ACTA appelle les gouvernements africains à protéger leurs efforts de lutte
A l’occasion du lancement de l’indice d’ingérence de l’industrie du tabac en Afrique 2021, ce mercredi 27 octobre, en marge de la 1ère conférence africaine sur la lutte antitabac et le développement en Afrique, Léonce Sessou, Secrétaire Exécutif de l’Alliance pour le Contrôle du Tabac en Afrique (ACTA) a fait une déclaration pour appeler les gouvernements africains à protéger leurs efforts de lutte antitabac contre l’ingérence de l’industrie du tabac. (Lire déclaration)
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Uganda Emerges Best Tobacco Control Champion In Africa
The adage hard work pays has been fulfilled with the pearl of Africa – Uganda, after being announced as the best country on the African continent, which is undoubtedly pushing the tobacco industry against the wall.
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Tobacco Industry Undermining Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Legislation – Group
An advocacy group, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has decried the interference of the tobacco industry in Nigeria with government policies, including policies meant to regulate the industry.
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Tobacco Firm Donation to Covid-1 Kitty Costs Kenya
Donation by a leading tobacco manufacturer to the Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund has cost Kenya’s ranking in the industry interference listing.
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Tobacco Industry Interference in National Policies / Africa Presents its Interference Index
The Alliance for Tobacco Control in Africa (ACTA) this morning virtually launched the first edition of the African Tobacco Industry Interference Index, produced in collaboration with the Africa Center for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research (ATIM), with the support of the STOP partnership, through the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC).
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Industry Interference Major Challenge To Effective Tobacco Control ―CAPPA
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has stated that tobacco industry interference remains a major challenge to effective tobacco control in Nigeria and Africa. CAPPA alerted that big tobacco companies were constantly interfering with governments’ health policies thereby endangering regulatory efforts in clear contravention of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015, and the National Tobacco Control Regulations, 2019.
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Group tasks FG on full implementation of NTCA 2015, NTCR 2019 laws
Tobacco control advocates, under the auspices of the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have urged the Federal Government to urgently commence full implementation of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) 2015 and National Tobacco Control Regulations (NTCR) 2019 Act to stop the industry’s undue interference in government’s policies.
guardian.ng
CAPPA Alerts on Tobacco Industry Interference in Nigerian Govt Policies
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has advised the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry and prohibit unnecessary interactions between public officials and the industry to avoid a conflict of interest.
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Tobacco Industry Interfering with Public Health Policies, CAPPA Raises the Alarm
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has said the tobacco industry was interfering with governments’ health policies thereby endangering regulatory efforts in clear contravention of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015, and the National Tobacco Control Regulations, 2019.
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How Tobacco Industry Interferes in Nigerian, Other African countries’ Policies – Report
"The tobacco industry, in at least five countries, engaged in high levels of unnecessary interactions with governments. These took the form of trade and partnerships, enforcement of laws, social activities and economic development agenda."
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Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Burkina Ranks 10th Out of 14 African Countries, ACONTA Calls Out
Africa Against Tobacco (ACONTA) launched the report on the index of tobacco industry interference in Burkina Faso. It was Monday, October 25, 2021 in Ouagadougou, in the presence of several partner institutions in the fight against this public health phenomenon, in particular the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts; the Minister of Health; the World Health Organization (WHO) in Burkina Faso and the Network of Journalists for Tobacco Control in Burkina Faso, all addressees of the said memorandum.
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Uruguayan Tobacco Society will Present Legal Recourse Against Decree that Enables the Import and Sale of Electronic Cigarettes
This week the SUT (Uruguayan Tobacco Society) will present a legal appeal before the Administrative Litigation Tribunal (TCA) to challenge decree 87/021 that in March of this allowed the importation and commercialization of electronic devices for the administration of nicotine through technology that warms dry tobacco.
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"One of the people Lacalle thanked for obtaining Pfizer is a relevant actor in favor of the tobacco companies in the Philip Morris trial", member of CIET, Diego Rodríguez
Today at 11 am, the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index for 2021 was presented via Zoom. This index measures the level of interference of the tobacco industries in the public policies of each country.
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