MS 09.06 Tobacco Industry Interference in Low and Middle Income Countries

The 2016 FCTC Report of the Conference of Parties (COP 2016) alerts that tobacco is the only legal non-prescription product that can kill between 33% and 50% of consumers when used as recommended by the tobacco industry.1 The tobacco industry is also the only industry that, due to the potential lethality of its products and their impact on public health, has elicited a legally-binding intergovernmental treaty for protecting public health policies from the interference by the industry and by those who act to protect their interests.