Require greater transparency for increased accountability #GTI2025Recommends: Today, we spotlight one of the key recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025. Transparency is one of the strongest safeguards against tobacco industry interference. The Index recommends publicly disclosing all interactions with the tobacco industry and requiring the industry to report information such as lobbying and marketing expenditures, helping strengthen accountability and public trust. Explore the recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025: globaltobaccoindex.org/gti/2… Watch out for more #GTI2025Recommends. #GlobalTobaccoIndex #TobaccoInterference #ExposeTobacco @exposetobacco @StopCorpAbuse @AfricaNoTobacco @SEATCAdotOrg

📢 Who gets a seat at the table? See what’s on the agenda for @PartnershipFree's upcoming webinar. 📅 27 October 2026 | 11:00–12:30 CET With the European Commission’s proposal to revise key EU tobacco control legislation expected in December 2026, now is a critical time to examine tobacco industry engagement with EU policymakers—and the safeguards needed to protect public health policymaking. What’s on the agenda? 🔎 New evidence: SFP’s latest monitoring of tobacco industry meetings with Members of the European Parliament. ⚖️ Article 5.3 in practice: How WHO FCTC Article 5.3 can help protect public health policies from tobacco industry interference. 🔎 National perspectives: Lessons from the Netherlands and France on transparency, safeguards, and implementation. 💬 Discussion and Q&A The discussion will feature GGTC’s Head of Global Public Policy and Strategy, Deborah Sy, who will share international best practices in implementing #WHOFCTC Article 5.3. She will be joined by representatives from the @FCTCofficial, the Dutch Ministry of Health, and France’s @Le_Cnct, who will bring additional perspectives to the discussion. As EU tobacco legislation enters a crucial phase, transparency, accountability, and effective implementation of Article 5.3 are more important than ever. 🔗 Register and join the discussion: bit.ly/4z0PE7o #ProtectPublicHealth #TobaccoIndustryInterference #WHOFCTC

Adopt legislation, a directive, or a code on Article 5.3 for all public officials #GTI2025Recommends: Today, we spotlight one of the key recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025. Protecting public health requires clear rules for everyone involved in policymaking—not just health agencies. The Index recommends adopting legislation, directives, or codes of conduct implementing WHO FCTC Article 5.3 that apply to all public officials, including parliamentarians, heads of state, and ministers, to help prevent tobacco industry influence across government. Explore the recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025: globaltobaccoindex.org/gti/2… Watch out for more #GTI2025Recommends. #GlobalTobaccoIndex #TobaccoInterference #ExposeTobacco @exposetobacco @SEATCAdotOrg @StopCorpAbuse @AfricaNoTobacco

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The whole government must act cohesively to curb tobacco industry interference #GTI2025Recommends: Today, we spotlight one of the key recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025. Tobacco industry interference rarely affects just one government agency. It can reach across ministries, legislatures, and public institutions, making fragmented responses less effective. The Index recommends a whole-of-government approach to implementing WHO FCTC Article 5.3, ensuring all relevant institutions work together to protect public health policies from tobacco industry interference. Explore the recommendations from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025: globaltobaccoindex.org/gti/2… Watch out for more #GTI2025Recommends. #GlobalTobaccoIndex #TobaccoInterference #ExposeTobacco @exposetobacco @SEATCAdotOrg @StopCorpAbuse @AfricaNoTobacco

#GTI2025 dissemination series: Today, we spotlight how overlapping public and tobacco industry roles can raise conflict-of-interest concerns. The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025 found that in five out of 100 countries surveyed, public officials held tobacco industry roles while still in public service. These overlapping roles can allow tobacco industry interests to become embedded in public decision-making, weakening the separation between those who regulate and those who benefit from the industry. Learn more about conflict-of-interest risks in tobacco control through the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025: globaltobaccoindex.org/gti/2… Watch out for more key findings from the #GTI2025. @exposetobacco @SEATCAdotOrg @StopCorpAbuse @AfricaNoTobacco

As the #UNGA81 General Debate concludes today, one intervention from this week strongly stands out for tobacco control. Addressing the UN General Assembly on 23 September, President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. of Palau placed safeguarding public health firmly within the broader agenda of national resilience, with particular emphasis on protecting young people from tobacco and nicotine. He highlighted #Palau’s efforts to combat tobacco and nicotine use among youth, including the country’s formal request to the UN Secretary-General to initiate a WHO review of nicotine. He also called for stronger prevention, cessation support and policies to reduce the appeal and affordability of harmful products. His message to world leaders was unequivocal: “No country should have to choose between the health of its children and the commercial interest of an industry that is built on addiction.” President Whipps also called for stronger international cooperation to protect young people from nicotine dependence and to “put public health before profit.” 🎥 Watch the excerpt from his #UNGA81 address. youtube.com/watch?v=GAQ6TXcV…

GGTC mourns the passing of Commissioner Mary Ann F. Mendoza, President of @HealthJusticePH and a long-standing collaborator in efforts to protect public policy from tobacco industry interference. Across her years in public service and civil society, Comm May helped turn the principles of WHO FCTC Article 5.3 into concrete protections for government and public policy. In 2010, while serving as a Commissioner of the Philippine Civil Service Commission, she helped advance the policy to Protect the Bureaucracy from Tobacco Industry Interference — recognized as the world’s first comprehensive whole-of-government policy implementing Article 5.3. The policy remains in force today and helped pave the way for further safeguards against tobacco industry interference. Later, as President of HealthJustice, she remained a valued GGTC collaborator, including through her work on the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (GTI). Our heartfelt condolences go to the @HealthJusticePH Philippines family, her loved ones, colleagues and all those who worked alongside her and will carry this work forward. Farewell, Comm May. Your contribution to protecting public service and public health will endure. 🙏