EXAMPLES 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