WHO FCTC Secretariat, World Health Organization, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Tobacco mythbusters: tools for debunking common myths promoted by the tobacco industry
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2025
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.