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National Tobacco Control Policy, 2017

Implements National Tobacco Control Act 2015; FCTC compliance.

Statutory basis

National Tobacco Control Act 2015

Implements Nigeria's domestic commitments under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), ratified by Nigeria in 2005. The 2015 NTC Act and 2019 implementing regulations cover smoke-free public places, advertising bans, plain packaging requirements and minimum age (18) for sale. Tobacco-industry interference, documented in the 2022 GLOBE-NTC report, remains a recurring enforcement obstacle.

Other Health policies

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.