Most counterfeited goods in tobacco products sector in Kenya

Counterfeiting in the Tobacco products sector is most prevalent in cigarettes, which account for 89.47% of total responses.

Other products, such as cigars (23.98%), pipe tobacco (23.98%), and roll-your-own tobacco (23.39%), are also counterfeited, though at lower rates.

Smokeless tobacco follows with 20.47%, while the Others category represents only 0.58%.

These findings highlight cigarettes as a significant target for counterfeiters, necessitating focused efforts to combat counterfeiting in the Tobacco products sector through regulatory enforcement and collaborative action with manufacturers.