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Tools and templates

Tools and templates to assist in the implementation of Article 5.3

A. Publications

Handbook on implementation of WHO FCTC Article 5.3: Policies and practices that protect against tobacco industry interference, 2018 (2nd edition)
Handbook
Published by: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control Download 2nd edition
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Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Asian report of implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3, 2018
Author: Mary Assunta
Report
Published by: Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance                                  Download 2018 edition
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Download 2016 edition
Good country practices in the implementation of WHO FCTC Article 5.3 and its guidelines, 2018 
Author: Mary Assunta
Report
Published by: WHO FCTC Secretariat       Download   
Anti-corruption and tobacco control, 2017
Document
Published by: SEATCA, GGTC, and CAI        Download    
FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines best practice: The role of the public service commission, 2016
Publication
Published by: Civil Service Commission & Department of Health (Philippines)   Download                           
Preventing tobacco industry interference: A toolkit for advocates and policymakers, 2015
Toolkit
Published by: Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance & HealthJustice Philippines   Download                             
Technical resource for country implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3, 2012
Publication
Published by: World Health Organization      Download     
Tobacco industry interference with tobacco control, 2009
Publication
Published by: World Health Organization      Download     
Evolution of the tobacco industry positions on addiction to nicotine, 2008
Author: Norbert Hirschhorn
Report
Published by: World Health Organization      Download     
What they are, what they tell us, and how to search them. A practical manual, 2004 (2nd edition)
Manual
Published by: World Health Organization     Download     
Tobacco industry strategies to undermine tobacco control activities at the World Health Organization, 2000
Report
Published by: World Health Organization    Download     

B. Templates

Ministry of Health template letter re tobacco industry-funded research and the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, 2018
Template Letter
Published by: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control  Download                     
Ministry of Health template letter to Ministry of Agriculture re “Tobacco farming and the tobacco control treaty,” 2018
Template Letter
Published by: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Contro Request a copy            

C. Policies

Philippines – Civil Service Commission and Department of Health Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2010-01: Protection of the bureaucracy against tobacco industry interference
National Policy
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Uganda – The Tobacco Control Act, 2015
National Law
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D. COP-Related Decisions and Reports on FCTC Article 5.3

FCTC/COP8(18): Protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry, 06 October 2018
Decision
Published by: WHO FCTC                Download 
Report of the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, November 2016
Report
Published by: WHO FCTC            Download
CSF/NV/16/04: Industry interference in tracking and tracing of tobacco products, 04 March 2016
Note Verbale
Published by: WHO FCTC Secretariat Download    
CSF/NV/14/25: Sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC: Issues related to Article 5.3 and the guidelines for its implementation, 19 September 2014
Note Verbale
Published by: WHO FCTC         Download
Guidelines for implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on the protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry, 22 November 2008
Guidelines
Published by: WHO FCTC         Download

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