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Summary of Democratic Republic of the Congo's Tobacco Control Profile

MPOWER Compliance

• Monitoring: No recent and representative data on tobacco use prevalence for adults or youth.
• Smoke-Free Environments: Low compliance; no complete smoking bans, pending regulations.
• Cessation Programmes: Limited availability; a quit line may exist at health-care facilities, but not widely accessible or cost-covered.
• Health Warnings: Partial implementation; health warnings on cigarette packs cover 50% of principal display areas, but compliance varies, and regulations are pending.
• Mass Media: No national anti-tobacco campaigns conducted between 2018 and 2020.
• Advertising Bans: Moderate compliance; bans on direct advertising are enforced, but indirect promotion and sponsorship bans are not fully implemented.
• Taxation: High taxes (52.11% of cigarette retail price) but no change in affordability since 2010; no data on other tobacco products.

Other Details

• Ratified WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005.
• No recent surveys on tobacco use; last youth data from 2008.
• Minimal investment in tobacco control expenditure and cessation support.
• No earmarking of tobacco taxes for health.