On 10 March 2017, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) requested all provincial governments to play a proactive role in discouraging tobacco use and urging for strict implementation of tobacco control laws. A notification was issued to all chief ministries in September 2016, whereby, the Ministry notified that violations of tobacco control laws had been observed across the country and all provincial governments must ensure strict compliance with existing tobacco control laws.

On 17 February 2017 the decision of the Court of Appeal supported previous lower court’s decision and rejected the legal challenge initiated by British American Tobacco Kenya back in 2014.

Slovenia's parliament passed a law imposing plain tobacco packaging from 2020 on 15 February 2017. The law, which was passed by 61 votes for and no vote against, will also prohibit advertising of tobacco products and showing those products on television shows and at public events aimed at those under 18 years of age.

Minister of Health Milojoka Kolar Celarc stated, "every day, 10 people in Slovenia die on account of smoking and we lose as much as 5 percent of gross domestic product or 1.8 billion euros on account of it."

On 1 February 2017, the Government of Malaysia officially designated all national and state parks, playgrounds, camp sites and public parks in Peninsular Malaysia as non-smoking zones. These new regulations were announced by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam, under the 1983 Food Act on 16 January 2017, and were gazetted on 24 January 2017.