Medicaid & Medicare
This page reproduces material published by the Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network between 2005 and 2008. Names, roles, partners and funders are as published at that time and do not describe any current relationship, endorsement or funding. Nothing here is medical advice.
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Smoking Cessation section provides information about Medicare
coverage for tobacco cessation services.
Toolkit:
Invest In A Healthy State: Covering Tobacco Cessation Services
Under Medicaid
The Center for Tobacco Cessation, in partnership with the
National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit, has developed
a Medicaid and smoking cessation information packet.
Helping
Pregnant Women Quit Smoking: Providing Coverage For Tobacco
Treatment Under Medicaid
The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit, in
partnership with the Center for Tobacco Cessation, has developed
a Medicaid and smoking cessation tool kit.
- National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit: Utah and Pennsylvania Case Studies:
- • Utah
- • Pennsylvania
- MMWR
- • State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco-Dependence Treatments-United States, 1994-2002 (January 2004)
MedQIC
Tools: Smoking Cessation Package
Includes downloadable files for poster, chart sticker, pocket
card, mailer and more. Available on the Medicare Quality Improvement
Community website (click the "Search for Tools"
link, use keyword "smoking").
Frequently
Asked Questions about the New Medicare Benefit For Tobacco
Counseling (October 2005)
Created by ATTUD (Association for the Treatment of Tobacco
Use and Dependence) to help provide some answers to common
questions that have risen due to the recent decision by the
Center for Medicare Services to cover counseling for tobacco.
Interventions
to Promote Smoking Cessation in the Medicare Population
This evidence report is a systematic review examining the
scientific literature to identify what interventions are most
effective for encouraging older smokers to quit.
Sample
Purchasing Specifications Related to Tobacco-Use Prevalence
and Cessation (October 2002)
Prepared by the George Washington University Center for Health
Services Research and Policy in conjunction with officials
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publications:
Halpin HA, Bellows NM and McMenamin SB. Update State Report: Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments. Health Affairs, March/April 2006; 25(2): 550-556.
Published 2005–2008 · Reviewed 10 August 2026