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Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
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Burundi Flag
Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
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E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
Data sourced: 2023.   Page updated: 2025-06-19

In 2017, approximately 152,800 adults in Burundi were current users of traditional smokeless tobacco. The prevalence of current use among adults was 2.7 percent. Traditional smokeless tobacco is allowed and regulated as a tobacco product in Burundi. It is legal to sell and use the product. However, health warnings on packaging are required, and a minimum age restriction of 18 years is enforced for sales.

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-cpv.pdf?sfvrsn=695ab11d_3&download=true. Accessed: 19 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-cpv.pdf?sfvrsn=695ab11d_3&download=true. Accessed: 19 May 2025.
Comments:
  1. Adults survey: Demographic and Health Survey, 2016-17; National, ages 15-59 (men) 15-49 (women) 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: Demographic and Health Survey, 2016-17; National, ages 15-59 (men) 15-49 (women)

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-cpv.pdf?sfvrsn=695ab11d_3&download=true. Accessed: 19 May 2025.

Regulation

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Legislation by Country/Jurisdiction Burundi. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/burundi/sales-restrictions. Accessed: 30 May 2025.
  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-cpv.pdf?sfvrsn=695ab11d_3&download=true. Accessed: 19 May 2025.

Availability

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Legislation by Country/Jurisdiction Burundi. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/burundi/sales-restrictions. Accessed: 30 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-cpv.pdf?sfvrsn=695ab11d_3&download=true. Accessed: 19 May 2025.

Tax

References:
  1. National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National. Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Publication No. 14-7983; 2014. Available at: https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/smokelesstobaccoandpublichealth.pdf. Accessed: 26 May 2025.
Comments:
  1. Ad valorem tax (%)
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