Calling for cessation as a human right against premature death
Comment on: Meier BM, Raw M, Shelley D, et al. Could international human rights obligations motivate countries to implement tobacco cessation support? Addiction. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15990Dressler C. Human rights are holistic—inclusive of a right to the provision for cessation assistance. Addiction. First published: 21 August 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16017;
“When nearly two in three people who smoke will die from a tobacco-related disease, it is a critical human right to help them quit, especially as they have lost autonomy due to nicotine addiction…. The tobacco control and human rights communities should … work together to improve cessation to decrease the deaths from tobacco.”
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Stephen Hamann
