Health Legislation

This law relates to the fight against tobacco; it applies to tobacco growing, regulation of the manufacture, packaging, labelling, marketing and importing of tobacco and tobacco products, as well as advertising.

The law reinforces the fight against the use and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products in Burkina Faso. The scope of the law covers the industrial or supervised cultivation of tobacco, the manufacture, packaging, marketing and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products, and exposure to tobacco smoke.