ArticleTobacco control2022
'They have a right to participate as a stakeholder': Article 5.3 implementation and government interactions with the tobacco industry in Ethiopia.
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- Tobacco industry corporate social responsibility activities and other interference after ratification of a strong tobacco law in Ethiopia.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Response of legal and illegal cigarette prices to a tax increase in Ethiopia.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Tobacco policy (in)coherence in Mozambique: an examination of national and subnational stakeholder perspectives.Health policy and planning · 2024Article
- Adopting a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control-Based Tobacco Control Law in Ethiopia: Sustained Transnational Health Advocacy and Multi-Sectoral Institutionalized Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Addressing tobacco industry influence in tobacco-growing countries.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024Article
- Framing, moral foundations and health taxes: interpretive analysis of Ethiopia's tobacco excise tax policy passage.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis.BMJ global health · 2022Article
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- Norms, rules and policy tools: understanding Article 5.3 as an instrument of tobacco control governance.Tobacco control · 2022Article
- Firm foundation or neglected cornerstone? The paradox of Article 5.3 implementation and the challenge of strengthening tobacco control governance.Tobacco control · 2022Article
- Advancing whole-of-government approaches to tobacco control: Article 5.3 and the challenge of policy coordination in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Uganda.Tobacco control · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThis paper explores implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Ethiopia. The analysis highlights how operationalising key requirements of Article 5.3, such as minimising policy engagement with the tobacco industry, has been mediated by path-dependent processes of stakeholder consultation and collaboration that have persisted following privatisation of Ethiopia's state-owned tobacco monopoly.
methodsWe conducted semistructured interviews with key officials (n=21) working in tobacco control policy, with high levels of access secured across ministries and agencies beyond health.
resultsWe found contrasting levels of awareness of Article 5.3 across government sectors, with extremely limited awareness in departments beyond health. The data also highlight competing ideas about conflict of interest, in which recognition of a fundamental conflict of interest with the tobacco industry is largely confined to health actors. Beyond limited cross-sectoral awareness and understanding of Article 5.3, gaps in implementation are exacerbated by assumptions and practices around stakeholder consultation, in which attempts to minimise policy interactions with the tobacco industry are mediated by institutionally embedded processes that presume active engagement. The results also highlight a continuation of the close relationship between the Ethiopian government and tobacco monopoly following its privatisation.
conclusionThe Ethiopian government's recent achievements in tobacco control legislation require that policymakers are actively supported in reconciling perceived tensions and requirements for stakeholder consultation. Effective tobacco control governance would be further enhanced by enabling government agencies to more clearly identify which interactions with the tobacco industry are strictly necessary under Article 5.3 guideline recommendations.
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