(1) Get pro-tobacco information into scientific literature | | (44) Promote pro-tobacco candidates for government offices |
(2) Promote tobacco control focus that is limited to youth issues and youth education programmes | | (45) Exploit regional trade agreements |
(3) Create youth antismoking campaigns | | (46) Conduct meetings with ministries of finance and health to influence opinion on tobacco control issues |
(4) Harass tobacco control advocates | | (47) Argue that tobacco tax increases encourage smuggling |
(5) Diversify investments to protect themselves economically (entering into food, alcohol and clothing businesses) | | (48) Focus attention towards ineffective public policies and programmes (for example, youth restricted access, youth antismoking campaigns) |
(6) Develop and fund environmental health agencies (for example, the Institute for Air Quality (IAQ), environmental front groups) | | (49) Promote tobacco products through use of young, pretty girls |
(7) Evade advertising bans through trans-border broadcasting | | (50) Invest in traditional home production business of tobacco products—bidis, kreteks, etc |
(8) Provide tobacco farmers with technical assistance (use of fertilisers, processing, etc) | | (51) Target poor by images associating tobacco with success and freedom |
(9) Create ineffective anti-smoking school programmes | | (52) Undermine the FCTC process (for example, by providing governments with written suggested responses) |
(10) Support “front groups” for the tobacco industry | | (53) Push for weak health warning labels on tobacco products |
(11) Provide government officials with contributions, gifts or special perks | | (54) Pressure governments to develop joint ventures between locally owned companies and multinational tobacco companies |
(12) Provide retailers with youth educational materials | | (55) Provide money to government programmes and initiatives to gain political favour |
(13) Publicise philanthropy contributions | | (56) Avoid legislative interventions by promoting self regulation (for example, tobacco industry marketing standards) |
(14) Evade taxes by basing taxation on weight vs number of sticks in pack | | (57) Fund researchers to present at tobacco control conferences |
(15) Co-opt scientists working in toxicology and environmental health and safety | | (58) Circumvent ad bans through indirect promotions and sponsorships |
(16) By providing funds for their education and training | | (59) Circumvent ad bans through brand stretching |
(17) Threaten to withdraw financial support from government programmes | | (60) Sponsor sports and music concerts |
(18) Lobby for passing weak tobacco control laws and restrictions | | (61) Divert attention from health issues by focusing attention on economic issues |
(19) Create doubt and confusion regarding the science of environmental tobacco smoke | | (62) Infiltrate key research and educational institutions (such as WHO) by training their professional staff and consultants |
(20) Facilitate tobacco smuggling as a way to counter tax increases | | (63) Disregard regulations on ingredient disclosure |
(21) Lobby ministries of tourism, industry and trade | | (64) Develop allies with powerful élites |
(22) Promote “Courtesy of Choice” and other accommodation programmes | | (65) Engage in free sampling of tobacco products |
(23) Create alliances in the private sector retailers, vendors, hospitality | | (66) Use economic clout to buy media coverage |
(24) Organise local conferences about indoor air quality to confuse science | | (67) Conduct meetings with FCTC national delegations to influence opinion |
(25) Avoid taxes by requesting “tax holiday” after capital investment | | (68) Promote ventilation programmes instead of indoor smoking bans |
(26) Establish friendly relationships with government officials, policy makers or tobacco control advocates | | (69) Highlight philanthropic contributions (for example, medical missions and development programmes) |
(27) Argue that tobacco production and sales reduce poverty | | (70) Assert economic benefits of the tobacco industry to the country |
(28) Co-opt youth organisations and school programmes to implement youth anti-smoking campaigns | | (71) Write educational curriculum at prestigious institutions |
(29) Pressure governments to privatise tobacco industry | | (72) Purchase tobacco from offshore accounts |
(30) Argue that increases in tobacco taxes will reduce government revenues | | (73) Publicise corporate and social responsibility activities to enhance public |
(31) Destroy industry documents | | (74) Assert that tobacco taxes are regressive and anti-poor |
(32) Assert that higher tobacco tax threatens job security and employment, especially for poor farmers | | (75) Purchase medical research institutions |
(33) Use university professors to lobby government officials | | (76) Provide financial support to key institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization |
(34) Oppose increases in tobacco taxes | | (77) Develop alliances with the hospitality industry |
(35) Work against the ratification of the FCTC | | (78) Fund reforestation campaigns to divert accusations of environmental damage |
(36) Write weak tobacco control legislation for governments | | (79) Target women through the use of western images of female empowerment |
(37) Influence scientific discourse by infiltrating academic institutions | | (80) Hire consultants to promote industry view on scientific issues |
(38) Silence tobacco control news and information | | (81) Write indoor air policies that are consistent with industry policies on accommodation and ventilation |
(39) Falsely compliance with tobacco control rules and regulations | | (82) Threaten local policy makers that they will lose in the elections if they do not support the industry |
(40) Buy allegiance of future scientific experts by supporting their undergraduate and graduate school training | | (83) Develop display and promotional materials at point of purchase |
(41) Hire individuals to enter into tobacco control community and create fractions (disunite) | | (84) Promote tobacco through free giveaways |
(42) Misrepresent tobacco control issues to naive reporters | | (85) Use capitol investments to bargain for relief from tobacco control measures |
(43) Conspire to control price of cigarettes (price fixing) | | (86) Support tobacco cultivation |