Tobacco Industry and Corruption
Posted on May 11, 2021
As the world strives toward vaccination, corruption in the vaccine procurement and distribution process has become an indisputable global health matter that threatens equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The tobacco control community has known about the close connection between tobacco industry and corruption for years. Tobacco companies have become the epitome of bad corporate behavior due to complicity in egregious practices. For governments that are undertaking efforts to fight corruption in healthcare and regulations, customs and finance, Article 5.3 implementation can serve as a starting point, an indicator, a test of resilience and a means to protect public health officials and policymakers from the known unscrupulous tactics of the tobacco industry.
Read the fact sheet here: Tobacco Industry and Corruption
Tobacco Industry and Corruption
GGTC
Learn about the link between tobacco industry and corruption, including existing evidence and the dangers of associating with the tobacco industry, tools and materials available that will help frame issues around corruption and hold the tobacco industry accountable, and practices that will promote integrity and help adopt preventive measures.
Political Corruption in Indonesian Parliament
Almas Sjafrina
Almas Sjafrina discusses how and why political corruption occurs in the Indonesian Parliament
Citizen Mechanism for Reporting Corruption
Fabrice Ebeh
Fabrice Ebeh presents Togo's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres as citizen-driven mechanisms for reporting corruption
Closing Remarks
Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan
Prof. Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, chair of GGTC, closes the webinar with a call to stop tobacco industry interference and end tobacco industry corruption.
The Tobacco Industry and Corruption
The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), a partner of STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog
Read more about tobacco industry corruption in this issue brief.
Andrew Rowell
Senior Research Fellow, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
Jonathan Cushing
Head of Programme, Transparency International
Alessia Cerantola
Investigative Journalist, Organized Crime and Corruption Project
Lekan Ayo-Yussuf
Director, Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research
Chris Bostic
Deputy Director for Policy, ASH US
Almas Sjafrina
Researcher, Indonesia Corruption Watch
Mary Ann Mendoza
Chair, HealthJustice Philippines
Fabrice Ebeh
Executive Director, ANCE Togo
Leonce Sessou
Executive Secretary, ATCA
Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan
Chair, Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control
African Tobacco Control Alliance
STOP