Türkiye expands anti-smoking drive with free medication
Türkiye’s Health Ministry will provide free smoking-cessation medication to 1 million people as part of its efforts to curb the country’s high smoking rates and support individuals seeking to quit.
Recipients will not be required to have health insurance to benefit from the program, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette on July 4.
Patients will receive the medication through tobacco dependence treatment and counseling centers operating across the country.
Türkiye has recently stepped up its anti-smoking campaign in response to persistently high tobacco use.
