The department works to reduce risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, thereby contributing to better population health, through cross-cutting normative, fiscal and legal measures to enhance wellbeing, health literacy and engage multi stakeholders through settings approach and community engagement strategies.

Our team

Dr Ruediger Krech

Director

Our Team
Dr Faten Ben Abdelaziz
Dr Fiona Bull
Dr Jeremias Jr Paul
Dr Vinayak Prasad
Dr Juan Tello

Groups

WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)
The Study Group drafts evidence-based recommendations on regulating nicotine and tobacco products for WHO’s technical report series. These are tabled at the Executive Board, to inform product regulation in countries.