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NRT
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NRT
Data sourced: 2022.   Page updated: 2025-05-28

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is allowed in Iraq, and its products are regulated as medicinal products. It is legal to use and sell NRT products, and purchasing them without a prescription is permitted. NRT products are available in pharmacies throughout the country. The government supports NRT, as it is included on Iraq’s essential drugs list. Therefore, the cost of NRT is partially covered by the government.

Regulation

References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
  2. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.

Availability

Yes
1
2022
Yes
1
2022
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2019 Yes 1A
2022 Yes 1A
References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
  2. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
  3. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
Yes
2
2019
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2019 Pharmacy 3A
2022 Pharmacy 3C
References:
  1. 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025. 2. Hussain Z, Sullivan R. Tobacco in post-conflict settings: the case of Iraq. ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Apr 28;11:735.
  2. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
  3. 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025. 2. Hussain Z, Sullivan R. Tobacco in post-conflict settings: the case of Iraq. ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Apr 28;11:735.
References:
  1. 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025. 2. Hussain Z, Sullivan R. Tobacco in post-conflict settings: the case of Iraq. ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Apr 28;11:735.
  2. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
  3. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
  4. 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025. 2. Hussain Z, Sullivan R. Tobacco in post-conflict settings: the case of Iraq. ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Apr 28;11:735.

Formal support

Yes NRT is on the country's essential drugs list.
1 A
2022
References:
  1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
  2. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-irq.pdf?sfvrsn=7ea92216_3&download=true. Accessed: 5 May 2025.
Comments:
  1. NRT cost is partially covered by the government.
  2. NRT cost is partially covered by the government.
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