Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390 – 9513 Powerful New Tobacco Cessation Drug Added to WHO Essential Medicines List – Cytisine GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2025 version of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) with a major
Access to robust, evidence-based smoking cessation is essential for improving public health and reducing healthcare costs. Across the U.S. and around the world, cities, states and countries do not provide equal access to nor equal support of the necessary tobacco cessation services. Advocates and policymakers play a crucial role in
The marketing and sale of tobacco products violate the right to health and life of all people globally The Right to Health The right to health was first internationally articulated in the 1946 World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution. The WHO preamble declares that “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard
