The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by ratifying it on January 28, 2010. The knowledge of the tobacco industry, its tactics of interference and marketing, its allies and products in Côte d'Ivoire will improve this process. The purpose of this study is to present the mapping of the tobacco industry.

The purpose of this study is to understand the tobacco industry's situation and tobacco control intervention strategies in Côte d'Ivoire to help the country's tobacco control actors implement effective strategies. monitoring and reporting. Through an investigation method dominated by a documentary review and a survey-interrogation with resource persons.

The work described the tobacco production chain and highlighted the positions and roles of each link in the production chain. In particular, it was necessary to determine the entities of the tobacco industry operating in Côte d'Ivoire throughout the production, processing and distribution chain. Among other things, it helped to identify the main strategic issues facing the tobacco industry and to reveal the subversive activities of tobacco companies.

Ultimately, the contribution of the study in tobacco control is to avoid renewing old mistakes and thus developing effective public policies against interference by tobacco companies.