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2010 Jul 6;130(1):187-90

Medicaid Promotes Tobacco-Cessation Benefit to Providers, Members Covered Medications Medicaid/BadgerCare covers the following FDA-approved medications: Bupropion SR: Zyban, Wellbutrin or generic Nicotine lozenge: Over-the-counter Nicotine inhaler: Nicotrol (if available) Nicotine nasal spray: Nicotrol Nicotine patch: Over-the-counter or prescription Nicotine gum: Over-the-counter Varenicline: Chantix Combination therapy: E.g., nicotine patch + lozenge All medications require a diagnostic code (F17.2 Nicotine Dependence) and require a written prescription (even over-the-counter) by a Medicaid-certified provider (physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, pharmacist or dentist)

In addition, a higher proportion of youths who first smoked a whole cigarette when they were 12 years old or younger reported becoming regular smokers at some time (53.3%), compared with the proportion of youths who first smoked a whole cigarette when they were 13 years old or older (31.2%)

To the extent that filter material replaces tobacco, the price may not be entirely lost, in terms of reduced injury to public healthprovided that people dont compensate for the lesser amount of tobacco in the cigarettes they smoke by smoking more of them

The first e-cigarettes arrived in the United States in 2006