Unofficial Translation (excerpts)
Any interference by the tobacco industry is punishable by a fine of
ten to twenty million Burundian francs.
Article 309: Anyone who supplies or distributes tobacco products intended
for sale in a package that exhibits a prohibited descriptive term or
disseminates informational advertising with the use of prohibited
descriptive terms is susceptible to a punishment of penal servitude of six
months to three years, and a fine of one million to ten million Burundian
francs, or to only one of these punishments.
Article 310: Any smoker who willingly exposes other persons to tobacco
smoke, or smokes in public places, is liable to penal servitude of seven
days and a fine of ten thousand to fifty thousand Burundian francs.
Article 311: Any proprietor or manager of a public space who does not
prominently post the prohibition of smoking and does not set aside spaces
for smokers pursuant to Article 128, sub-paragraph 2, is susceptible to a
fine of fifty thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand Burundian francs.
Article 312: Any person who engages in advertising, promotion or
sponsorship of tobacco products is liable to penal servitude of two to six
months and a fine of one hundred thousand to one million Burundian
francs, or to only one of these punishments.
Article 313: Any person who, in violation of Articles 122 and 123, incites
someone to smoke, sells, puts up for sale or authorizes the sale of tobacco
products to a minor, a non-smoker or a pregnant woman, including tobacco
products available through automatic vending machines, is susceptible to
penal servitude of two to six months and a fine of fifty thousand to five
hundred thousand Burundian francs, or to only one of these punishments.
Article 314: Any manufacturer or importer of tobacco products who does
not provide government authorities with the required information, or
knowingly provides them with false or misleading information, is liable to
penal servitude of one to three years, and a fine of one million to ten
million Burundian francs.
Article 315: Any person who, in violation of Article 111, sub-paragraph 2,
provides or distributes tobacco products intended for sale in a package that
does not display the required content information or health warning shall
incur penal servitude of one to three years, and a fine of five hundred