Project Management
The Index initiative is convened, funded, and overseen by the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The Foundation is responsible for overall strategic direction and governance in line with its bylaws and strategic plan.
Index Research Partner, Euromonitor International is responsible for Index process design, research and analysis, and reporting. The Index Advisory Panel provides independent, non-technical insight and non-binding advice on the evolution of the index with regard to its value as a tool to assist stakeholders in monitoring, evaluating, and incentivizing tobacco company behavior, including actions that demonstrate commitment to credible pathways and relative progress toward tobacco harm reduction. The Technical Committee provides advice and insight to guide the development of the Index methodology in the areas of metrics and assessment criteria, determination of weightings at the indicator, sub-category, and category levels, and technical consistency with stated goals.
Advisory Panel
The Index Advisory Panel, as defined by its Charter, provides independent, non-technical insight and non-binding advice on the evolution of the Index with regard to its value as a tool to assist stakeholders in monitoring, evaluating, and incentivizing tobacco company behavior, including actions that demonstrate commitment to credible pathways and relative progress toward tobacco harm reduction. The Panel operates independently from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and without any industry involvement. It serves strictly in an advisory capacity. The Panel does not have any formal decision-making authority other than adopting positions and making recommendations to the Foundation and the Index development team. At the end of each Index cycle, the Panel delivers a statement for publication on the Index website.
The Advisory Panel’s Statement on the 2022 Index can be accessed here. The Panel concluded its work associated with the 2022 Index in November 2022.
Leslie Wolfe
Technical Committee
The Index Technical Committee provides advice and insight to guide the development of a robust Tobacco Transformation Index methodology in the areas of metrics and assessment criteria, determination of weightings at the individual indicator, sub-category, and category levels, and technical consistency with stated goals.
The Technical Committee collaborates with the Index development team and works in concert with the Advisory Panel in advancing the Index program through its release cycles. The Technical Committee’s Statement on the 2022 Index can be accessed here. The Technical Committee concluded its work associated with the 2022 Index in October 2022.
Research Partner – Euromonitor International
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