Summary: Myanmar as a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control had adopted the Control of Smoking and Consumption of Tobacco Products Law in 2006 which came into effect in May, 2007. Ministry of Health has been implementing tobacco control activities in collaboration with related ministries; school-based tobacco control activities are being conducted in coordination with the Ministry of Education. Myanmar conducted Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) in 2001, 2004 and 2007 and the Global School Personnel Surveys (GSPS) in 2004 and 2007. The GYTS is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years. The GSPS is also a school-based survey of all school personnel from the schools that the GYTS was conducted. The GYTS and GSPS were conducted as a nation-wide survey in Myanmar. Between 2001 and 2007, a significant reduction in the proportion of students currently smoked cigarettes is observed (a fall from overall prevalence among 13-15 year olds of 10.2% to 4.9%) but reported use of other tobacco products had increased during the period from 5.7% to 14.1%. Over the period, exposure to SHS at home and in public places did not change and stayed significantly high. There is very high demand from these children to ban smoking in public places (almost 90% of the children expressed this desire in both years). The ability to purchase cigarettes in a store had reduced significantly from 72.9% to 23.7%; percent who have been offered ?free ?cigarettes by a tobacco company had also reduced significantly from 17.1% to 8.7%. There is no change in percent of students receiving education on dangers of tobacco. There was relatively high prevalence of tobacco use among male school personnel ( 17% daily chewers, 22% occasional chewers ) ( 7.4% daily cigarette smokers, 29% occasional cigarette smoker)( 15% daily cheroot smokers and 18.4% occasional cheroot smokers). Schools had policy prohibiting tobacco use among students as well as students inside school buildings and on school premises, but enforcement was weak, especially for school personnel. Only one third of the school personnel had received training on prevention of tobacco use among youth.