Resource Library

Author: Government of India

Author: The Union (2022)

The Union’s Tobacco Control Department produced a new factsheet on Implementation and Enforcement and offers a deep dive into the topic, summarizing evidence, defining key terms, and providing practical guidance and evidence-based recommendations.

Author: UNDP

A toolkit to provide a roadmap for establishing multisectoral strategies, plans and programmes for tobacco control in line with WHO FCTC Article 5.1.

Author: Australian Government

This policy outlines the principles used to guide the Australian Government's decisions and actions in enforcing tobacco advertising, packaging and product laws.

Author: Association for Better Pakistan (2019)

This report assesses the model and achievements of the implementation of The West Pakistan Tobacco Vend Act-1958 since 2015.

Author: The Union

This Guide provides steps and sample materials to assess compliance with health warning labels, 

Author: World Bank

This report analyzes how economic fear influences policymakers when contemplating tobacco control efforts. It also demonstrates the economic benefits of tobacco control policies and the responsibility of governments to reduce potential costs of tobacco control efforts.

Author: The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project

This report reviews the global evidence on the impact of the WHO FCTC implementation of tobacco control legislation. 

Author: Department of Health and Social Care, UK Government

An example of a national delivery and monitoring plan. Published in conjunction with the Tobacco Control Plan for England, it identifies lead agencies, milestones and metrics to measure success.

Author: Washington University Center for Public Health Systems Science

Set of tools for program sustainability including a self assessment guide and a program framework guide. 

Author: The Union

A tool to measure the sustainability of national tobacco control programmes. Includes a report of tobacco control sustainability assessments from 24 countries with the world’s highest tobacco burden.

Author: Public Health Ontario

An example of a research synthesis to inform tobacco control policy and strategy. This report from Ontario, Canada, provides a comprehensive assessment of the tobacco control interventions that would have the greatest impact on reducing tobacco use and its associated burden in Ontario.

Author: University of California San Francisco

The University of California San Francisco database contains over 14 million archived documents on tobacco industry activities, including advertising, manufacturing, marketing, scientific research, and political activities. In particular, the database provides access to internal industry documents made public during United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. and other litigation cases.