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.

On 26 January 2017, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania announced that they adopted new tobacco control measures in line with the WHO FCTC, in two areas, namely in strengthening their implementation of Article 5 (General Obligations) and Article 13 (Tobacco, advertising, promotion and sponsorship) in the Convention. As such, Lithuania has undertaken a comprehensive ban on any form of promoting the purchasing and consumption of tobacco products.

On 3 January 2017, Oman banned advertisements at the points of sale, including in supermarkets and shops. Dr Jawad Al Lawati, senior consultant and rapporteur for the National Tobacco Control Committee at the Ministry of Health said that several shops have already begun the process of removing tobacco products from shelves to decrease its visibility. Dr Lawati also noted that 40 to 60 per cent of deaths in Oman are due to non-communicable diseases, of which tobacco use is one of the risk factors.

On June 2015, the Republic of Korea adopted amendments to its National Health Promotion Act requiring pictorial health warnings.

This requirement came into force on 23 December 2016. According to the legislation, all types of tobacco products shipped from factories must carry pictorial health warnings depicting harmful effects of smoking. These pictorial health warnings are used on packages of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and other tobacco products, all with warning phrases on the front, back and side. New packages will be found in retail markets after mid-January 2016.