News & Events from OIC Member States

Venue Date Information
Geneva - Switzerland 22 November 2025 FCTC Discusses Environmental and Liability Decisions at COP11
Geneva, Switzerland - WHO FCTC 17-22 November 2025 Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO FCTC
Abuja - Nigeria 19 November 2025 Nigeria Showcases Major Gains in Tobacco Control
Dakar - Senegal 10 November 2025 Senegal Releases 2023 Global Adult Tobacco Survey Results
Maldives 1 November 2025 The Maldives Passes a National Tobacco Prohibition Policy
Geneva, Switzerland - WHO 17 October 2025 Announcing the theme of World No Tobacco Day 2026: Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction
17 October 2025 NWorld No Tobacco Day 2026
Riyadh – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 09 October 2025 Saudi Arabia bans tobacco shops within 500 meters of mosques and schools
Bandung, Indonesia 14 June 2025 CoEHAR Leaders Inaugurate the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Smoking Harm Reduction
Riyadh – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 29 May 2025 TNFS Summit spotlights KSA’s efforts to combat smoking
Bali, Indonesia 26-28 May 2025 Indonesia Conference on Tobacco Control (ICTOH) 2025
Malé – Republic of Maldives 13 April 2025 Generational Tobacco Ban Announced for Individuals born on or after January 1, 2007
Riyadh – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 11 February 2025 Saudi Arabia moves to ban tobacco sales in small shops and grocery stores
Muscat - Oman 15 January 2025 MOH Launches National Tobacco Awareness Campaign in Oman
Rabat – Kingdom of Morocco 06 January 2025 New National Plan to Address Tobacco Use
UAE 10 June 2024 MoHAP of UAE launches tobacco-free workplace guide
Muscat - Oman 07 January 2024 Oman Bans Shisha and e-cigarettes under Ministerial Decision 756/2023
Ankara - Türkiye 25 October 2023 Mr. Osman Baturhan DURSUN, Secretary General of the Turkish Green Crescent Society Paid a Visit to SESRIC HQs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 October 2023 Kuala Lumpur Nicotine Addiction International Conference 2023
Islamabad - Islamic Republic of Pakistan 31 May 2023 Launch of National Tobacco Control Strategy 2022–2030
Ramallah Palestine 31 May 2022 PCBS Published the Preliminary Results of the ‘Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey 2021’ on World No Tobacco Day
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia October 2021 National Strategic Plan for the Control of Tobacco & Smoking Products 2021-2030
Istanbul - Türkiye 26-29 March 2014 6th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH)
Jakarta - Indonesia 22-24 October 2013 4th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (4th ICHM) adopted Resolutions on Tobacco Control
Ankara - Türkiye 26 June 2012 Delegation from Bloomberg Foundation and WHO National Tobacco Control Programme Office visited SESRIC
Erzurum - Türkiye 20-22 June 2012 6th Conference on Tobacco or Health
Ankara - Türkiye 22 February 2012 Delegation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) visited SESRIC
Ankara - Türkiye 18 February 2009 Director General of SESRIC Received a Delegation from the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Saudi Arabia Tobacco Control Program of KSA
Lebanon Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon becomes a Smoke-Free Building
Türkiye Tobacco Control Strategic Document and Action Plan of Türkiye