FCTC Evaluation : Sri Lanka’s Compliance with Article 6 - Price and Tax Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco

Abstract

This briefing note evaluates Sri Lanka’s compliance with Article 6 of the FCTC through its existing policies on tobacco control. Section 2 of the briefing note provides an overview to Article 6 of the FCTC and its recommendations. It also describes the methodology employed to evaluate Sri Lanka’s compliance with the recommendations. Section 3 evaluates each recommendation by category to assess its impact on better tax and price outcomes as well as Sri Lanka’s current compliance for both cigarettes and other tobacco products (OTPs). In Section 4, the findings are analysed at the category, product and recommendation levels. Section 5 concludes with several interventions to improve compliance with FCTC Article 6.