Article 5

Article - Reports

• C111 - Comprehensive multisectoral national tobacco control strategy
• C112 - Tobacco control included in national health strategies
• C113 - Any aspect of tobacco referred in any national strategy
• C114a - Focal point for tobacco control
• C114b - Tobacco control unit
• C114c - National coordinating mechanism for tobacco control
• C115 - Details on focal point for tobacco control, tobacco control unit and national coordinating mechanism for tobacco control
• C116 - Progress made in implementing Article 5.1 and Article 5.2
• C117 - Additional information concerning general obligations
• C121 - Interference by the tobacco industry
• C122 - Public access to a wide range of information on the tobacco industry
• C123 - Details on the protection of public health policies
• C124 - Progress made in protection of public health policies
• C125 - Use of guidelines on Article 5.3
• C126 - Details on the use of implementation guidelines
• C127 - Additional information concerning protection of public health policies

Documents

• Tobacco Control Playbook 2019 - WHO Regional Office for Europe
• Multisectoral coordination to address NCDs through law: Good practices from the Western Pacific Region 2020
• Indicators of tobacco industry interference
• Selling addiction: Tobacco industry transition to new products
• Tobacco industry: decades of deception and duplicity
• Tobacco industry tactics
• Tobacco industry tactics: tax policies
• Tobacco industry tactics: packaging and labelling
• Tobacco industry tactics: advertising, promotion and sponsorship
• Tobacco industry tactics: smoke-free environments
• Model policy for agencies of the United Nations system on preventing tobacco industry interference
• Article 5.3 and international tobacco industry interference - report commissioned by the Convention Secretariat
• Note Verbale of the Convention Secretariat of 19 September 2014 on issues related to Article 5.3 and its guidelines (covering the pre-COP6 meeting organized by ITIC)
• Note Verbale of the Convention Secretariat of 28 April 2016 on nomination of delegates to COP7 and subsidiary body meetings
• Note Verbale of the Convention Secretariat of 4 March 2016 on tobacco industry interference on the tracking and tracing systems (including reference to regional meetings organized by ITIC)
• Note Verbale of the Convention Secretariat of 4 March 2016 on tobacco industry interference on the tracking and tracing systems (including reference to regional meetings organized by ITIC) - French version
• Resources on Article 5.3 compiled by Corporate Accountability International
• UN agencies and tobacco industry interference - examples of good practices from UN agencies (document jointly elaborated by the Convention Secretariat and WHO)
• UNDP brief on tobacco control for health and development (2013) - in relation to Article 5
• WHO Guidelines for Responding to Requests Made by the Tobacco Industry to Meet with WHO
• Guide for Parties to the WHO FCTC on How to Conduct Tobacco Industry Monitoring - Arabic
• English
• Chinese
• French
• Russian
• Spanish
• "We need to fight against the tobacco industry" Prof. Dr. Toker Ergüder - Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish
• Global Multimedia Hub to Counter Tobacco Industry Interference

Links

• WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3
• FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines Best Practice: Philippines
• FCTC Article 5.3 toolkit by SEATCA
• FCTC Article 5.3 toolkit by The Union
• Guidelines for implementation of Article 5.3
• Roadmap to Article 5.3 implementation by Corporate Accountability International
• Technical Resource for Implementation of Article 5.3 by the WHO TFI
• The Tobacco Industry and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products - paper commissioned by the Convention Secretariat
• United Nations Development Programme

Article - Updates

• Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
• Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
• Kyrgyzstan: New, comprehensive tobacco control act adopted
• Mexico prohibits the import of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products
• Cambodia expands the ban to HTPs in the country
• Europe's Beating Cancer Plan
• Australia: the Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction issues its final report
• Russian Federation: New regulations on nicotine-containing products adopted
• Myanmar: Ministry of Health and Sports guidelines on interactions with the tobacco industry
• A remarkable public health victory in Kazakhstan
• Strengthened tobacco control in Bolivia: 100% smoke-free
• Turkey: ban on imports of electronic cigarettes
• Saudi Arabia’s Food and Drug Authority has adopted specific policies vis a vis tobacco manufacturers
• Niue: tobacco control law passed
• Ireland: Ministers reassert the importance of eliminating tobacco industry interference
• Benin: the Parliament adopts a new tobacco control law
• India: experts gather to help curbing the menace of smokeless tobacco
• Guyana: new Tobacco Control Bill passed
• Georgia makes a leap in WHO FCTC implementation by adopting new tobacco control legislation
• Kenya: comprehensive national tobacco control law defended by the Court of Appeal
• Slovenia passes law to require plain tobacco packaging from 2020
• Lithuania: progress on the implementation of the WHO FCTC
• Russian Federation: interregional meeting on tobacco control
• Australia: new guidance issued for public officials who could interact with the tobacco industry
• Greater protection of public health in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Hungary: ban on the use of ENDS/ENNDS in work places and public places
• Ukraine: the Parliament praised the implementation of WHO FCTC at its 10th anniversary
• GABON: five implementation decrees adopted by the Council of Ministers
• Peru: the Convention Secretariat funds activities to progress implementation of recommendations of the joint needs assessment
• The European Ombudsman strengthens its policy on Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC
• Palau: the National Code to allocate 10% of annual revenues from tobacco excise to pay for healthcare for nations aging and disabled populations
• Gabon: multi-stakeholder meetings to promote tobacco control
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: strengthening multisectoral coordination in tobacco control
• Needs assessment conducted in the Kingdom of Tonga
• Jamaica: Workshop on the prevention of tobacco industry interference and follow-up actions
• Uganda: New tobacco control law adopted
• Palau: national coordination mechanism established
• India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare holds multisectoral consultation on illicit trade
• Civil society action in India to prevent tobacco industry interference
• The Head of the Convention Secretariat meets the Health Minister of the Gambia
• Kenya : New year brings stronger tobacco control measures
• FRANCE: Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women’s Rights announced strong measures, including plain packaging
• Joint needs assessment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• FINLAND – Action plan to make the country smoke-free by 2040
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – guidance for embassies on interactions with the tobacco industry published
• The FCTC Article 5.3 Toolkit: Guidance for Governments on Preventing Tobacco Industry Interference
• Convention Secretariat supports finalization of Moldova’s national action plan