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.
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| Bahrain | 1994 | 2006/15 2006/83 |
2009/2 2009/8 2009/68 |
2010/58 | 2011/2 2011/3 2011/6 |
2014 (GCC) |
2013/38 |
| Djibouti | 2007/175 2007/229 2007/230 |
2008/183 2008/491 2008/492 |
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| Egypt | 1981/52 1981/137 |
1994/4 | 2002/85 | 2007/154 2007/443 2007/465 |
2010 2010/291 |
2011/49 | |
| Iraq | 2000/32160 | 2012 | 2014 | ||||
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 2005 | 2007 | |||||
| Jordan | 1977 | 2002/53 | 2004/446 | 2006 | | ||
| Kuwait | 1997/541 | 2001/192 2001/658 |
2014 (GCC) |
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| Lebanon | 1993/213.1 | 1995/394 | 2008 | 2011/174 | 2013/2074 | ||
| Libya | 2006/328 | 2011/48 | |||||
| Morocco | 1995 | 2003 2003/46 |
2012 | ||||
| Oman |
2014 (GCC) |
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| Pakistan | 2009/51 2009/53 2009/86 |
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| Occupied Palestinian territory | 1956/421 | 1960/8 | 1995/158 | 2005 | |||
| Qatar | 2002 | 2012 | 2013/3 |
2014 (GCC) |
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| Saudi Arabia | 2003 | 2008 |
2014 (GCC) |
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| Sudan | 1983 | 2005 | 2010/21 | 2012/5 | |||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2009 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 1998/17 1998/2248 1998(22.12) |
2009/2611 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 1993 | 1996 | 2003 | 2006 | 2008/83 2008/115 |
2014 (GCC) |
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| Yemen | 2005 | 2012.4 | 2013/379 |
2014 (GCC) |