Tobacco use remains a pressing public health issue worldwide, especially with shisha and other products gaining popularity among young people. Kazakhstan took a firm step by banning the sale, import, and production of e-cigarettes and all tobacco products, while maintaining restrictions on shisha smoking in public places. In an exclusive interview with Kazinform News Agency, WHO Representative Dr. Skender Syla spoke about the country’s progress in tobacco control and warned of the serious health risks posed by waterpipe smoking.
A new report has outlined the extent to which tobacco companies used the COVID-19 pandemic to engage with relief efforts, form relationships with government figures, and attempt to influence policy. The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 is produced by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, a partner of STOP, a tobacco industry watchdog. Notably, at least ten countries designated tobacco products as essential goods during the pandemic. Guatemala, Tanzania, and Zambia delayed introducing or implementing tobacco control legislation. Argentina and the Dominican Republic reduced tobacco taxes. South Korea's Ministry of Gender, Equality and Family awarded the country's largest cigarette firm the “Prime Minister Prize for ‘Family-friendly Company’”.
Indonesia, Japan, Switzerland, and the Dominican Republic are the least able to prevent industry meddling; Botswana, Chile, India and Spain among the advancing countries.
A new report from tobacco industry regulator STOP reveals that the industry embraced the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to gain influence, meddle in life-saving health policies, and secure preferential treatment. Reports from civil society organizations in 80 countries, analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 , show that no country was immune to the efforts of this sector to use lobbying and donations to their advantage.
The Federal Government has been urged to de-normalize the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities of the tobacco industry, as it is exploitative.
The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) in its Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 Report has reinforced Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA)’s call on the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called corporate socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry.
The Global interference index report was released on November 2 and contains findings from investigations, carried out all through the year by GGTC and its networks spread all over the world, on how the tobacco industry has conducted itself. This year’s index pays attention to the various ways tobacco companies have tried to influence policies and mandates aimed at regulating their products.
A new report from tobacco industry regulator STOP reveals that the industry embraced the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to gain influence, meddle in life-saving health policies, and secure preferential treatment. Reports from civil society organizations in 80 countries, analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 , show that no country was immune to the efforts of this sector to use lobbying and donations to their advantage.
Based on the report from the tobacco industry regulator STOP , the Covid-19 pandemic functioned as an opportunity for the industry to gain greater influence on health policies. In the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 , reports were shown revealing that no country, of the 80 nations observed, was immune to lobbying and donations on their behalf.
The tobacco industry has had no qualms about profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to clean up its image by assisting governments, while continuing to interfere with the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Africa against tobacco (ACONTA) launched the report on the index of interference from the tobacco industry in Burkina Faso, Monday, October 25, 2021 in Ouagadougou, in the presence of partner institutions in the fight against tobacco , in particular the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; the Minister of Health; the World Health Organization (WHO) in Burkina Faso and the Network of Journalists for the Fight against Tobacco in Burkina Faso (REJAT-BF). It was a moment of advocacy and calling out to bet more on the actions of struggle to counter the offensive of the tobacco industry for the purposes of preserving the health of the populations.
The report focuses on the progress in the implementation of Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
Last Wednesday the Second Interference Index of the Tobacco Industry in Latin America 2021 was presented. It was coordinated by Corporate Accountability in collaboration with STOP, an international tobacco industry control organization. In it, they highlighted that almost a million people die each year from the consumption of tobacco products in Latin America and it has produced more deaths than Covid-19 in the region.
SANTO DOMINGO, RD.- The Dominican Republic ranks 96 of the 34 countries that have been monitored by the NGO Stopping Tobacco Organizations & Products (STOP) and Corporate Accountability, with the support of the Dominican Foundation for Obesity and Cardiovascular Prevention (FUNDO) .
Dar es Salaam. Tobacco control campaigners said yesterday that the lack of strong laws against smoking in Tanzania continues to allow harmful consumption of the products, reversing the efforts invested in controlling non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for the tobacco industry to promote itself and its products in a number of countries, according to a new report that evaluated how well countries fend off interference from the tobacco industry based on civil society reports from 80 countries.
Mexico fell back in the Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, placing itself among the Latin American nations where the level of participation of the industry in the development of public policies increased, which contravenes the application of article 5.3 of the Framework Agreement for Tobacco Control of the World Health Organization.
SANTO DOMINGO, RD / HEALTH DRAFTING. - The Dominican Republic ranks 96th out of the 34 countries that have been monitored by the NGO Stopping Tobacco Organizations & Products (STOP) and Corporate Accountability , with the support of the Dominican Foundation for Obesity and Cardiovascular Prevention (FUNDO).
Dar es Salaam — Tobacco control campaigners said yesterday that the lack of strong laws against smoking in Tanzania continues to allow harmful consumption of the products, reversing the efforts invested in controlling non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The efforts of governments and public authorities around the world to limit the influence of the tobacco industry have weakened during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the tobacco industry interference index published on November 2, 2021 by the global tobacco industry watchdog body STOP. The year 2020 was marked overall by an upsurge in the tobacco lobby and its influence in political decisions. The authors recommend transposing all of the CCLAT's protective measures in this area into national legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – November 4, 2021 – Released today, the 2021 U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index reveals the U.S. scored a 76 out of 100, reflecting a high level of interference in American public health policymaking by the tobacco industry and their intermediaries. This score places the country among the worst performing countries in terms of shielding itself from tobacco industry interference. The scoring system is based on the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which outlines the inherent conflict of interest between the goals of tobacco companies and the goals of public health. Parties to the FCTC meet next week for a biennial review of progress toward a tobacco-free world.
For the third time , the Tobacco Industry Interference Index is presented and this year Mexico's position has worsened compared to other Latin American countries, mainly due to the increased participation of the industry in the establishment and application of public health policies on tobacco control.
