TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding: 

• ACS CAN will work to increase funding for fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs to $13 million. This is especially important as Tennessee has the third highest adult smoking rate in the country and ranks third in smoking attributable cancer deaths. Increasing funding to $13 million will allow more individuals to quit smoking and prevent children from ever starting a lifetime of addiction to tobacco.

Access to Tobacco Cessation:

• Access to Tobacco Cessation: ACS CAN will advocate for all insurance plans, including the state Medicaid program, to provide a comprehensive cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care.