What does the American Lung Association advocate?
The American Lung Association urges every state to provide all Medicaid recipients and state employees with comprehensive, easily accessible tobacco cessation medications and counseling. A comprehensive cessation benefit includes all seven medications and three types of counseling recommended by the U.S. Public Health Service for tobacco cessation. The Lung Association recommends that private insurance plans and employers also offer comprehensive cessation coverage and encourages states to require them to cover these treatments. Only seven states have such requirements now.
