Tobacco Industry Market Share
Tobacco companies will do everything possible to protect and grow their business. While transnational tobacco companies compete among themselves and with local companies for larger market share, they also unite through national manufacturers association to fight tobacco control collectively. Click on each country for information on main tobacco companies operating in the country and their cigarette market share.
Tobacco Industry Supporters and Partners
Tobacco Industry Tactics
Examplea of tobacco industry interference
Here are some of the tobacco industry’s more common tactics to undermine tobacco control activities and fight tobacco industry regulation:
- Undermining FCTC Ratification and Implementation
- Diluting government’s efforts
- Threat: See You In Court
- Lack of Transparency: Closed Door Deals
- Violation: Caveat Emptor (Let the Buyer Beware)
- Industry is the problem, not a stakeholder in the public health
- Mission misinformation: how it is done
- Stretching the Timeline: Implementation Can Wait
- Industry Appointment: Having Influential Personalities on Its Board
- Corporate Social Responsibility: The Way to Buy Goodwill