2. WHO ARE THE PLAYERS IN THE
TOBACCO GAME?
1. Tobacco Industry & partners
2. Government – Ministry of Health,
Finance, Commerce, Agriculture
3. Civil Society
4. WHO (FCTC, Etc.)
5. International Forum’s and Global
NGO’s
6. VICTIMS (Unwillingly funding the
industry)
i.e. common people/ farmers/ etc.
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3. WHO’S ‘CIVIL SOCIETY?’
• Me and You
• Everyone around
• When registered in group for a
specific public objective – NGO
• Non-State players
• Expected to be non-political and
community oriented
• Expectation of FREE & INDEPENDENT
voice and action from the ‘Civil
Society’
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5. HOW TOBACCO INDUSTRY VIEWS
CSO’S/ NGO’S
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6. WHAT WILL THE TOBACCO DO
It will always interfere and upset the good
work
The industry has a clear-cut strategy
It has a well laid out plan too
The biggest tool of the industry is to find an
ally with the dark forces – the world of
bribery and corruption
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7. FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• Civil Society is a nuisance for the
tobacco industry
• The unpredictability which comes along
is the biggest game changer for the
industry
• Innovation brought in by the civil society
is another problem for the industry
• New advocacy tools and action often
surprises the industry and they have to
work extra hard to contain the damage
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8. WHERE SHOULD CIVIL SOCIETY BE
PLACED?
• Civil society is the best FRIEND of
‘Tobacco Control’ action
• Civil society adds focus and
innovation in planning, strategy,
execution and action
• The most critical and most aggressive
civil society groups are the most
useful one’s for tobacco control
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9. HOW CIVIL SOCIETY SHOULD BE
ENGAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT(s)
1. Identify
2. Revalidate
3. Partner
4. Train
5. Build capacity
6. Network and weave
7. Allow natural difference of opinion to grow and engage
everyone without taking sides. Don’t interfere in inter
and intra organizational dynamics (Mother NGO’s or
umbrella organizations have a very limited role. Don’t
over emphasize on it.)
8. Use the Spoke-and-Wheel theory to work with Civil
Society partners.
9. Support
10. Recognize and share credit
11. Multiply with continuous identification and motivation
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10. UTILISE CIVIL SOCIETY FOR …
• Advocacy
• Community networking
• Community feedback
• Lobbying
• Policy intervention and innovation
• Litigation and independent legal action
• Research and surveys
• Ground level action
• Implementation and execution
• Monitoring
• Etc…
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11. LITIGATION IS NOT A BAD THING
Use of litigation as a means of achieving public health policy goals
Litigation can complement to a broader, comprehensive
approach to tobacco control policy making
Though it is believed that public health goals are more
directly achievable through the political process than
through litigation, but tobacco control being a dynamic
public health problem with a third party like the tobacco
corporate playing a very active role in disturbing the
policies so it is now believed that the boundaries between
litigation and the politics of public health in relation to tobacco
control has blurred.
Over a period of time it has been proved that litigation in
tobacco control has indeed laid the foundation of meaningful
policy changes.
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12. EXAMPLE OF RESULTS BY LITIGATION
Master Settlement Agreement
Under the Master Settlement Agreement,
seven tobacco companies agreed to
change the way tobacco products are
marketed and pay the states an
estimated $206 billion (+ Other Costs). The
tobacco companies also agreed to
finance a $1.5 billion anti-smoking
campaign, open previously secret
industry documents, and disband
industry trade groups which Attorneys
General maintain conspired to conceal
damaging research from the public.
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15. CIVIL SOCIETY PRESSURE
Video
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16. INDUSTRY IS ALSO ALWAYS ACTIVE
The industry has newer game-plans
now
Strategies include
Using Media
Influencing the law-makers
Reaching the legal division
Infiltrating Civil Society
Planting Moles
Getting the law diluted at the inception stage itself
Confusing and misinforming
Using hired guns
Diluting the enforcement by all means
Government (Official machinery) can’t
handle everything
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17. INDUSTRY STRATEGIES
Industry strategy in 80’s
to counter second-
hand smoke issue
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18. Government of India commitment
FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines:
Protecting tobacco control from
tobacco industry interference
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19. Article 5.3
• In setting and implementing their
public health policies with
respect to tobacco control,
Parties shall act to protect these
policies from commercial and
other vested interests of the
tobacco industry in accordance
with their national law.
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20. LIMIT GOVERNMENT INTERACTIONS
WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• Restrict interactions to those
necessary for regulatory purposes
• Public meetings with public notice
• Records of meetings made public
• No partnership with the industry on
any public health policy initiatives
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21. NO PARTNERSHIP BY GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR
ITS OFFICIALS WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• No financial interest in tobacco industry
• No industry employee or ally to be employed
or nominated to Government bodies,
committees, advisory groups
• Government officials engaged in tobacco
control policy to be limited from taking
tobacco industry employment within defined
timeframe.
• No in-kind or monetary payments to be
accepted from the industry
• Prohibit political or campaign contributions
by the industry or require its disclosure
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22. Thank You
Questions
& Comments
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Editor's Notes
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