Guidance

Tobacco industry: guidance for UK overseas posts

Guidance for overseas posts on giving support to the tobacco industry.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
6 March 2014

Documents

Guidance for overseas posts on support to the tobacco industry

PDF, 255 KB, 3 pages

Details

This guidance clarifies what support can be given to the tobacco industry by UK posts. This meets Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Article 5.3 requires the UK government to protect public health policy from the commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry.

Published 6 March 2014