Sudan signed on June 10, 2004 the  Convention on  Combating Tobacco Use at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. This is the first convention negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization and it affirms that the right of any individual to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.
Such convention is considered as a legal tool that helps law and policy makers combat all tobacco products and  all addictive substances. Accordingly, all regulations and laws related to tobacco in Sudan were revised  and a proposal of legislation was presented for ratification by  the National Assembly.
Despite the fact that this legal framework might help combat tobacco addiction , the study conducted by the Federal Health Ministry, in association with the National Committee for Combating Tobacco in 2005, showed that 20.1 per cent of all students aged 13 - 15 years surveyed by the study smoke cigarettes at least once in their life. These ratios by sex are of 30.2 per cent for males versus 10 per cent for females. The study also showed that 8.1 per cent of all students of both sexes smoke cigarettes in the last three days and that 20.5 per cent of students and 11.8% of female students abused bubble and / or tobacco during the last thirty days which is much higher proportion than cigarettes smoking.