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6/28/2011

The Obama Administration today took critical steps to help smokers quit by announcing enhanced Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services. These include comprehensive cessation coverage for pregnant women and funding for telephone quitlines. These actions will help more Medicaid beneficiaries quit smoking, protecting their own health and that of those exposed to harmful secondhand smoke. It will also save taxpayers money by helping to reduce the $30.9 billion a year Medicaid spends to treat tobacco-caused disease.