Montenegro ratified the Framework Convention on the Control of Tobacco Products (WHO FCTC) in October 2006, followed by the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in 2017. The current Law on Limiting Use of Tobacco Products came into force on August 1, 2019, while the Tobacco Law, regulating the production, processing, and trade of tobacco and tobacco products, was adopted in 2008 and amended in 2011 and 2015. The Excise Law, last amended in 2022, governs excise taxes on tobacco products.