Participants’ attitudes towards FCTC Article 5.3’s guiding principles
| FCTC 5.3 guiding principles | Strongly disagree-disagree, n (%) | Neither agree nor disagree, n (%) | Agree-strongly agree, n (%) | |||||||||
| All | Tobacco control advocates working under ThaiHealth -funded projects | Provincial public health officials | Provincial tobacco products control committee experts | All | Tobacco control advocates working under ThaiHealth-funded projects | Provincial public health officials | Provincial tobacco products control committee experts | All | Tobacco control advocates working under ThaiHealth-funded projects | Provincial public health officials | Provincial tobacco products control committee experts | |
| Principle 1: There is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy interests | 44 (10.0%) | 21 (9.5%) | 10 (14.9%) | 13 (8.4%) | 31 (7.0%) | 19 (8.6%) | 6 (9.0%) | 6 (3.9%) | 366 (83.0%) | 180 (81.8%) | 51 (76.1%) | 135 (87.7%) |
| Principle 2: Parties, when dealing with the tobacco industry or those working to further its interests, should be accountable and transparent. | 8 (1.8%) | 6 (2.7%) | 2 (3.0%) | 0 | 18 (4.1%) | 9 (4.1%) | 6 (9.0%) | 3 (1.9%) | 415 (94.1%) | 205 (93.2%) | 59 (88.1%) | 151 (98.1%) |
| Principle 3: Parties should require the tobacco industry and those working to further its interests to operate and act in a manner that is accountable and transparent. | 12 (2.7%) | 12 (5.5%) | 0 | 0 | 19 (4.3%) | 10 (4.5%) | 5 (7.5%) | 4 (2.6%) | 410 (93.0%) | 198 (90.0%) | 62 (92.5%) | 150 (97.4%) |
| Principle 4: Because their products are lethal, the tobacco industry should not be granted incentives to establish or run their businesses. | 11 (2.5%) | 5 (2.3%) | 1 (1.5%) | 5 (3.2%) | 20 (4.5%) | 9 (4.1%) | 5 (7.5%) | 6 (3.9%) | 410 (93.0%) | 206 (93.6%) | 61 (91.0%) | 143 (92.9%) |
FCTC, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.