Abstract
This report measures the intensity, frequency, and severity of incidents of tobacco industry interference identified in the UK over the two-year period, April 2021 and March 2023. However, for the sake of completeness, it also includes information on incidents which took place in the five years prior (April 2017 - March 2021) but which emerged only recently and were not covered in previous reports. Previous editions of the report, published in 2019, 2020, and 2021, can be accessed on the Tobacco Control Research Group website.
The UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index (UKTI) forms part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (GTI) published by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) at the School of Global Studies in Thammasat University, Thailand and based on a methodology
developed by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) and GGTC. It surveys how national governments protect public health policies from the industry’s subversive efforts in line with Article 5.3 of
the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). It is part of a global publication. The UKTI was prepared by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath following the methodology and scoring prescribed by GGTC.
The UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index (UKTI) forms part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (GTI) published by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) at the School of Global Studies in Thammasat University, Thailand and based on a methodology
developed by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) and GGTC. It surveys how national governments protect public health policies from the industry’s subversive efforts in line with Article 5.3 of
the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). It is part of a global publication. The UKTI was prepared by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath following the methodology and scoring prescribed by GGTC.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | UK |
| Publisher | University of Bath |
| Number of pages | 44 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Nov 2023 |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), ASH Scotland, ASHWales, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the Scottish
Government, and the Welsh Government for comments on the report, and the Global Center for Good
Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) for the advice in the preparation of this report.
Funding
Both the global report and the UKTI were made possible thanks to support from Bloomberg Philanthropies for STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog.
