Table 1.

Framework index for the tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) policy in Bangladesh

Themes	Definition	Subthemes	Categories
Engaging international actor interest	International actors entered Bangladesh TAPS policy-making arena via identified opportunities	Technical assistance	Contributions to TAPS policy-making Facilitation to policy implementation and enforcement Identification of funding sources
		Capacity building and sustainability	Grant schemes Funding relationships with international and local organisations
		Corporate political activities	First interference and marketing activities Aligning with political situation Current criticism and advocacy for inclusion
Incremental approach to TAPS policy-making	Actor engagement led to incremental TAPS policy changes due to identified loopholes	First TAPS legislation and actor engagement	Early tobacco industry’s policy infiltration Voyage of discovery marketing campaign and advocacy response Act of 2005: industry and policy content Policy loopholes and advocacy Industry’s policy response
		Policy loopholes and amendments after WHO FCTC adoption	Rules of 2006: content and identified loopholes Gazette of 2013: content and identified loopholes Tobacco industry’s interference Rules of 2015: content
		Late policy developments	National tobacco control policy draft Stakeholders’ response to the drafted measures Government’s measures against pandemic: industry’s and advocates’ response
Time-sensitive TAPS monitoring data	High frequency documentation of tobacco industry marketing practices providing time sensitive information	Documentation of marketing practices	Smokeless tobacco products Cigarette packages Point-of-sale Cultural activities Market segmentation (students and women) Corporate social responsibility activities Other practices TAPS exposure data
Innovative TAPS monitoring and policy enforcement system	An approach involving a vigilance system with a mobile enforcement system	Multistakeholder task forces and mobile courts	Multistakeholder approach for TAPS monitoring Mobile courts for legislation enforcement Indicators for TAP ban implementation Challenges and recommendations

FCTC, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.