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The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean supports countries in developing, implementing and strengthening tobacco control measures at all levels of government, through reinforcement of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The country legislation on this site provides countries, advocates and interested parties with a quick and easy reference of the legal status of each country regarding tobacco control. 

The legislation is only available in the official language of each country.

Afghanistan 2007
Bahrain 1994 2006/15
2006/83
2009/2
2009/8
2009/68
2011/2
2011/3
2011/6
2012/16
Djibouti 2007/175
 2007/229
 2007/230
 2008/183
 2008/491
 2008/492
Egypt 1981/52
1981/137
1994 2002 2007/154
2007/443
2007/465
2010
2010/291
2011
Iraq 2012
Islamic Republic of Iran 2005 2007
Jordan 1977 2004 2006 2007 2008/47
2008/49
Official Gazette 2010/446
Kuwait 1995/15
1995/223
2001
2001/658
2003/202 2012/23
2012/118
Lebanon 1995 2011/174
Libya 2009/26
2009/187
Morocco 1995 2003
2003/46
2012
Oman 1993 1994 2001 2009/2 2010/2
2010/272
2011
Pakistan 2003 2009/51
2009/53
2009/86
2010 2011
Occupied Palestinian territory 1921 1996 2005
Qatar 2002
Saudi Arabia 1983
Sudan 2005
Syrian Arab Republic 2009
Tunisia 1998/17
1998/2248
1998(22.12)
1999(30.01)
1999(24.02)
2009/2611
United Arab Emirates 2008/83

2008/115
2009/15
2009/92
2011
2011/242
Yemen 2005 2007