Lebanon WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Lebanon signed the WHO FCTC on 04 March 2004 and ratified the WHO FCTC on 07 December 2005. A needs assessment exercise for implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted jointly by the Government of Lebanon and the WHO FCTC Secretariat, including the initial analysis of the status, challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s most recent implementation report and other sources of information.

An international team, led by the Convention Secretariat and representatives of the Tobacco Free Initiative Unit of the WHO Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases Department and the United Nations Development Programme, conducted a mission in Lebanon, from 4 to 7 April 2016.