title: Closing the door on illicit tobacco trade, opens the way to better tobacco control.
authors.affiliation: Project Manager, Department of Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vinayak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Technical Officer (Legal), WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control Secretariat, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwerdtfeger
authors.affiliation: Regional Adviser, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Fatimah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: El-Awa
authors.affiliation: Director, Department of Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bettcher
authors.affiliation: Head of Convention Secretariat, WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: da Costa E Silva
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D035846:Law Enforcement; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*