Position on proposed FCTC guiding principles D.5 during second session on the Intergovernmental negotiating body in 2001 (FCTC Intergovernmental negotiating body, FCTC Documentation Center, 2001)
| Favour | Ambivalent | Opposed |
| Japan, USA, Tobacco companies, Turkey, WHO Tobacco Free Initiative 19 Latin American countries | Russia and Surinam | Countries: Armenia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uruguay Groups: Baltic States, European Union, WHO Africa and South East Asian regions |