The development of Tobacco Harm Prevention Law in Vietnam: stakeholder tensions over tobacco control legislation in a state owned industry

Table 3 Interviewees' positions on tobacco issues

Stakeholder and cluster	Tobacco as a public health priority^a	Tobacco as a socio- economic issue^b	Position to tobacco control policy^c
Key policy decision makers
NAO	++	++	+++
DPT	+	++	++
The government
GO	++	++	++
MOH-TE	+++	++	+++
MOH-L	+++	+++	+++
VINACOSH	+++	++	+++
MTI	++	+++	+
MOF	++	+++	+
Tobacco control advocates
VPHA	+++	+	+++
WHO	+++	+	+++
HBC	+++	+	+++

NB: The abbreviations in Italics represent the informants as defined in Table 2.
^a +++ High priority ++ Unclear/need more information + Not a high priority
^b +++ Major issue ++ Unclear/need more information + Not a major issue
^c +++ Supportive ++ Unclear/need more information + Reluctant

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