Selected countries' income group and recent policy
| Country (region) | Income-economy type | Type of policy | Policy |
| Bangladesh (South-East Asia Region) | Lower middle income | Health warning regulation | The Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Rules 2015 |
| Colombia (Region of the Americas) | Upper middle income | Tax increase | Broad fiscal reform package approved by Colombia’s Congress in 2016 |
| Ethiopia (African Region) | Low income | Comprehensive regulation | Food and Medicine Administration Proclamation No. 1112/2019 |
| India (South-East Asia Region) | Lower middle-income | Health warning regulation | G.S.R. 727(E) (2015) G.S.R. 739(E) (2016) G.S.R. 331(E) (2016) |
| Sri Lanka (South-East Asia Region) | Upper middle-income | Health warning regulation | The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (Amendment) Act (2015) |
| Uganda (African Region) | Low income | Comprehensive regulation | Tobacco Control Act 2015, implementing regulations from 2019 |
| Ukraine (European Region) | Lower middle income | Tax increase | 2017 budget approved by Parliament, submitted by the Ministry of Finance |
| Zambia (African Region) | Lower middle income | Comprehensive regulation | Zambia Tobacco and Nicotine Products Control Bill (Draft Bill being considered by Line Ministries at the time of data collection) |
Sources: WHO Region,68 income-economy group,69 information on health warning and comprehensive policies,70 information on tax increases.71 For a more detailed table, see 31