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Workplace Wellness Coalition Seeks Coverage of Smoking Cessation

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by Will Lutz

Thu, Dec 20, 2007, 12:23 PM

The Texas Coalition for Workplace Wellness, which includes the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association and several businessess, called on Texas employers to include Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved smoking cessation products in their standard benefit packages. The coalition was very careful not to call for new government mandates. Rather, the coalition was calling for insurance carriers and employers to include voluntarily the coverage in health benefit packages. The coalition members argue businesses will save money in the long run, because it is cheaper to pay to help someone quit in the short run than to treat cancer or heart disease in the long run.

During the news conference, participants unveiled a survey conducted by the polling firm Baselice & Associates, showing that most smokers try and quit several times. The poll also showed that 48 percent of smokers surveyed (a plurality) said that insurance coverage of an FDA approved cessation treatment would make it more likely they would try to quit.

"Greater access to smoking cessation benefits -- including counseling and treatment -- should give smokers a greater chance to beat this deadly addition," said Laura R. Chapman with the American Lung Association.

When asked why carriers do not currently provide this coverage in the standard benefit package, Dr. Henry Lucid, a member of the American Heart Association's State Advocacy Committee, told reporters that many insurance policies do not include preventative care in the standard benefit package. This session, the legislature passed a bill making smoking cessation part of the Medicaid benefit package.

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