The tobacco industry's influence on public health policymaking in the U.S. is growing according to the latest report by the anti-smoking organization Action on Smoking & Health (ASH).

ASH's Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025, provided first to The Hill, found that the U.S. scored an 89 out of 100 on the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index, a survey used to measure how governments respond the interference by the tobacco industry.

The U.S.'s score ranked it 98 out of 100 surveyed countries.

"The scoring is based on 20 key indicators around article 5.3 [of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control] which is the article that basically states that, you know, public health needs to be protected from the vested interests of the tobacco industry," said

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