19 This means that health benefits should include coverage for individual, group, and telephone counseling, as well as all seven US Food and Drug Administration-approved cessation medications
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Baseball stadium laws The use of smokeless tobacco is prohibited in Californias five professional baseball stadiums.6 Local tobacco laws San Francisco, along with Alameda, Albany, Beverly Hills, Corte Madera, Half Moon Bay, Marin County, Richmond, San Anselmo, San Mateo County, Santa Cruz, Sausalito and Yolo County prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.10,11 Los Gatos, Oakland, Palo Alto and Santa Clara County prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, except in adult-only tobacco stores.11 Berkeley prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, within 600 feet of any school.12 Contra Costa County prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, within 1,000 feet of a youth-sensitive place, including public and private schools, playgrounds, parks and libraries.13 Cloverdale, El Cerrito, Fairfax, Hayward, Manhattan Beach, Novato, San Leandro, Saratoga, Sonoma, West Hollywood and Windsor all have varying restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products.11 San Francisco and 17 other cities and counties have banned pharmacies from selling tobacco products.14 Sonoma County requires retailers to sell cigarettes for a minimum of $7 per pack.15 San Francisco caps the number of tobacco sales permits in each of the citys 11 districts at 45, and new tobacco retailers are prohibited within 500 feet of any school or another retailer.16 Quitting statistics and benefits Quitting statistics in California The CDC estimates 53% of daily adult smokers in California quit smoking for one or more days in 2017.3 In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all quit medications.7** Californias state quit line invests $3.14 per smoker, compared with the national average of $2.21.7 California does not have a private insurance mandate provision for quitting tobacco.7 Notes and references Updated April 2019 *National and state-level prevalence numbers reflect the most recent data available
September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 After what felt like the fastest summer break yet, according to our Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) youth, school is back in session and so are the tobacco free fighters
