WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs Consensus Statement at the Multistakeholder Hearing for the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 2 May 2025
02 May 2025
Illicit trade: The tobacco industry’s role
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet shows the evidence of the direct and indirect involvement of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling. This fact sheet states that evidence of complicity of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling extends to Lebanon and the Middle East, where the illicit tobacco trade has benefited from weak governance.
