Armenia officially joined the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (FCTC) on November 29 of 2004 [1]. Shortly after this milestone event, in
December 2004, the National Assembly adopted a national tobacco control law “On Restrictions
of Tobacco Sales, Consumption, and Use” [2]. Both, the international treaty and the national law
were enacted early in 2005. According to the Armenian tobacco control law, smoking is banned in
health, education, culture facilities, and public transport, and restricted in most other places (see
Annex 1). To assess the level of public knowledge, attitudes and practices related to adopted
tobacco control policies, the Center for Health Services Research and Development (CHSR) at the
American University of Armenia (AUA) implemented a population-based survey in spring 2005