Monitoring the Tobacco Industry

The Big Tobacco Allies

How tobacco companies use intermediaries to foster their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and promote their image in NIGERIA

Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021

It is a global survey on how governments are responding to tobacco industry interference and protecting their public health policies from commercial and vested interests as required under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).

New technology tobacco products and PMI-funded foundation for a smoke-free world: Useful information for tobacco control advocates

This document is a compilation from the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) on the new technology tobacco products as well as the PMI-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). The purpose of the compilation is to provide tobacco control advocates in the region with the latest information on FSFW and the new technology tobacco products which are being marketed by the tobacco industry as so-called ‘harm reduction’ products and as an alternative to traditional forms of tobacco products.

Tobacco industry strategies to undermine tobacco control activities at the World Health Organization, 2000 (WHO)

Evidence from tobacco industry documents reveals that tobacco companies have operated for many years with the deliberate purpose of subverting the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to control tobacco use.

Technical resource for country implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 (WHO)

This technical resource presents information to support the implementation of the Article 5.3 Guidelines by sharing practical action steps and best practices and examples applicable to the implementation of Article 5.3. This technical resource should be used in association with the text of the WHO Framework Convention and with its Article 5.3 Guidelines.

Tobacco industry and corporate responsibility … an inherent contradiction, 2004 (WHO)

This document has been developed by WHO’S Tobacco Free Initiative, pursuant to WHA Resolution 54.18, Transparency in Tobacco Control Process, that “calls on WHO to continue to inform Member States on activities of the tobacco industry that have negative impact on tobacco control efforts”.

British American Tobacco in Africa: A Past and Present of Double Standards

Despite claims of responsibility and transparency, evidence shows BAT has breached its own business mandates, sometimes violating international codes of conduct and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Internal documents describe BAT’s advertising, marketing, and sales strategies in Africa.