Cancer prevention

The general conditions for the drawing of contributions apply.

Stopping smoking

* You can apply for the contribution once every 5 calendar years.

Attach to your application a payment document for payment of the medicinal product prescribed by a physician, or a payment document for an over-the-counter medicinal product purchased only from a pharmacy.

The contribution is provided after the end of treatment (or even during treatment) made on the recommendation of the attending physician according to the list of the Centre for Tobacco Dependence, a specialist consultant at a specialist workplace of the Czech Chamber of Pharmacists, a general practitioner or a general practitioner for children and adolescents and at the same time from a specialist consultant at a specialist workplace of the Czech Chamber of Pharmacists from the list on the VZP website.

Conditional contributions

You can only apply for a contribution only through the Moje VZP application.

If you are over 18, you must have had a preventive check-up with a general practitioner for children and adolescents or a preventive check-up with a general practitioner, which you also have described and reported with the examination code in the Moje VZP application, in the 24 months prior to the date of application. This condition does not apply to children from 1 to 18 years of age.

Codes for preventive examinations can be found at www.vzp.cz/pojistenci/vyhody-a-prispevky/prevence/dentalni-hygiena.

The contribution does not apply to teeth whitening, procedures, products and materials in the context of treatment at a dentist, to treatment included in reimbursed health services, or to dental hygiene products (e.g. toothbrushes, interdental brushes, toothpastes, mouthwashes, etc.).

You can only apply for a contribution only through the Moje VZP application.

A condition for drawing this contribution is the completion of nationwide cancer screening, i.e. colorectal screening, cervical screening, mammography screening, lung screening or prostate screening.

A list of national cancer screenings is available at www.vzp.cz/pojistenci/vyhody-a-prispevky/prevence/rehabilitacni-aktivity.

An insured person can only apply for this contribution if they have undergone one or more nationwide oncology screenings intended for them in the last 24 months prior to the date of application ,and in the Moje VZP application they have the code of this examination reported in the overview of paid care.

This contribution does not apply to the rental of saunas, swimming pools, hot tubs or solariums.