Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2030 project, UNDP partners with the Convention Secretariat and WHO to support fifteen low- and middle-income countries to strengthen tobacco control in line with the SDGs.

To assist in these collaborative efforts, this brief details how tobacco control intersects with each of the 17 SDGs and their corresponding sectors. Specifically for the Sierra Leonean context, it provides key facts as well as recommendations to deliver shared gains across sectors and actors. 

Sierra Leone should consider these recommendations as it strengthen its tobacco control and broader development efforts. An active national multisectoral committee on tobacco control and a strong multisectoral tobacco control plan can help set priorities, responsibilities and resources. Immediate priorities for Sierra Leone to protect its population are to urgently pass strong and comprehensive tobacco control legislation, increase tobacco taxes, and implement the WHO FCTC Investment Case recommendations for Sierra Leone in full.