Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees

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ID11029461
AutoresMargaret E Burns (0000-0002-0625-2861, University of Wisconsin System), Marguerite E Burns (Marguerite E. Burns is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Timothy W. Bosworth is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Michael C. Fiore is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.), Timothy W Bosworth (Marguerite E. Burns is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Timothy W. Bosworth is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Michael C. Fiore is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.), Michael C Fiore (0000-0003-3460-1691, Marguerite E. Burns is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Timothy W. Bosworth is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Michael C. Fiore is with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.)
Ano2004
Volume94
Fascículo8
Páginas1338-1340
Data de publicação2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.8.1338
PMID15284040
OpenAlexW2125597559
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas9

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

Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health insurance · Political science · Public health · Smoking cessation · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Smoking Behavior and Cessation