Publications on monitoring the tobacco industry

Key document

• Technical resource for country implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3
  This technical resource presents information to support the implementation of the Article 5.3 Guidelines by sharing practical action steps and best practices and examples applicable to the implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC.

2009

• Tobacco industry interference with tobacco control
  This document describes the spectrum of tobacco industry practices that interfere with tobacco control.

2008

• Evolution of the tobacco industry positions on addiction to nicotine
  This report, based on internal industry documents and the companies' public pronouncements, describes how the social, scientific and judicial climate forced the change. It shows as well that the industry still puts the responsibility of addiction and harm on the smoker.

2004

• Tobacco industry and corporate responsibility ... an inherent contradiction
  pdf, 620kb
  This document has been developed by WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, pursuant to WHA resolution 54.18, transparency in tobacco control process, that “calls on who to continue to inform member states on activities of the tobacco industry that have negative impact on tobacco control efforts.’’
  
  
• The tobacco industry documents. What they are, what they tell us and how to search them. A practical manual (2nd edition)
  pdf, 1.69Mb
  This is a manual about the tobacco industry documents released by US-based tobacco companies as a result of lawsuits filed against them in the USA.
  
  
• The Development of Philip Morris's position on environmental tobacco smoke for its website
  pdf, 202kb
  This paper focuses on the development of Philip Morris’s position on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) for its websites. Internal documents have been searched from 1999 to present. Searches were conducted from October to December, 2003.
  
  

2000

• Tobacco industry strategies to undermine tobacco control activities at the World Health Organization
  Evidence from tobacco industry documents reveals that tobacco companies have operated for many years with the deliberate purpose of subverting the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to control tobacco use. The attempted subversion has been elaborate, well financed, sophisticated, and usually invisible.