Regulator’s Trojan horse: the tobacco industry’s advisory council institutionalised within the government in Spain
The tobacco industry exploited its institutionalised role on the AC as a 'Trojan horse' to actively subvert public health policies, contravening Spain's obligations under WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3. This legally sanctioned position creates a clear channel for policy interference. Urgent reforms are necessary to insulate public health policymaking from the vested commercial interests of the tobacco industry.
Authors
- Olena Tigova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-116X)
- Rodrigo Córdoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9550-7124)
- Armando Peruga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-3292)
- Esteve Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4239-723X)
- Raquel M. Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-6680)
- Isabel Nerín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6752-1992)
- Francisco Rodríguez-Lozano
Institutions
- Universidad del Desarrollo (CL)
- Generalitat de Catalunya (ES)
- Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
- Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
- Clínica Las Condes (CL)
- Sociedad Anónima Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (Spain) (ES)
- Ajuntament de L’Hospitalet (ES)
- Institut Català d'Oncologia (ES)
- Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (ES)
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (BE)
- Unidades Centrales Científico-Técnicas (ES)
- Madrid Health Service (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Control
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059495
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00