Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Shirley Turner, D-15th District, that expands Medicaid coverage to include comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits, was signed into law on Tuesday. The law takes ...

Although the overall adult smoking rate is at a new low at 16.8 percent, there is still a lot of work to do to break the addiction among adults who are uninsured and who have lower incomes. American ...

CMS yesterday announced the launch of a pilot project in seven states to test the best ways to help seniors stop smoking, the AP/Baltimore Sun reports. The states -- Alabama, Florida, Missouri, ...

Connecticut’s Medicaid program will begin funding smoking cessation services starting Jan. 1, according to New Haven Independent report. Connecticut is one of four states that don’t pay for smoking ...

Tobacco Control, Vol. 29, No. 3 (May 2020), pp. 320-325 (6 pages) Background Low-income smokers experience greater difficulty in quitting smoking than do other smokers. Providing financial incentives ...

Despite decades of progress in reducing the prevalence of cigarette smoking, tobacco use remains a leading cause of preventable death and disease, and a significant driver of health care costs in the ...

Many people are more successful in quitting smoking when they have the right support. Medicare helps pay for counseling and some medication for smoking cessation. Individuals who smoke have a higher ...

2024 DEC 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- New study results on agriculture have been published. According to news reporting out of Gainesville, Florida, by ...

Put “New Year, New Me” into practice and consider quitting tobacco use for your New Year’s Resolution. Tobacco is not an equal opportunity killer and some individuals, like those enrolled in Medicaid, ...

Elderly smokers now have more incentive to make a New Year's Day resolution to quit using tobacco. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said yesterday that it is expanding coverage of ...