Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees
- 1 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 94 (8) , 1338-1340
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.94.8.1338
Abstract
Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessation treatment insurance coverage for their employees; of 45 states, 29 required coverage for at least 1 US Public Health Service (PHS)–recommended treatment, and only 17 of 45 provided coverage that was fully consistent with PHS recommendations.Keywords
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