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Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
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Profile
Libya Flag
Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
Data sourced: 2023.   Page updated: 2025-07-10

In Libya, based on the most recent data as of 2009, around 53,500 people were current users of traditional smokeless tobacco. The adult use prevalence was 1.2%, with a notable gender gap: 2.2% of men were users of smokeless tobacco compared to just 0.1% of women. Daily use was 0.7% overall, with 1.2% among males. The product is legally allowed and regulated as a tobacco product. It is also legal to sell, use, and purchase smokeless tobacco online. A full ban on advertising is in place and health warnings on packaging are required. The minimum legal age for purchase is 18 years.

Prevalence

References:
  1. 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025. 2. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  2. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025.
Comments:
  1. Adults survey: STEPS Survey, 2009; National, ages 25-64 World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  2. Adults survey: STEPS Survey, 2009; National, ages 25-64

Product promotion

References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025.

Regulation

References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025.

Availability

References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025.

Regulations and restrictions

References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-lby.pdf?sfvrsn=14c505b1_3&download=true. 16 May 2025.
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