Tobacco Cessation

The tobacco cessation component of the Comprehensive Wellness Initiative (CWI) was developed to help members succeed in quitting tobacco use and to lower the costs associated with the treatment of health conditions caused or complicated by tobacco. The tobacco cessation program will begin for Plan members and their dependents July 1, 2010. 
  1. All Plan members will be enrolled in the 70/30 Basic Plan
  2. Members may elect and qualify for the 80/20 Standard Plan if they or their dependents:
    • DO NOT USE TOBACCO, or
    • ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO QUIT TOBACCO
  3. Plan members and their dependents may obtain an exemption to elect the 80/20 Plan if they have their doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant complete and sign a Physician Certification Form.  *To quality for an exemption, a member must be enrolled in a tobacco cessation program. Members participating in the NC Tobacco Use Quitline cessation program should ask their Quit Coach® to send them a letter of enrollment.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

The Plan will make the following smoking cessation available to members in January 2010.

TOBACCO USE CESSATION TOOLS & RESOURCES

NC Tobacco Use Quitline
1-800-QUIT-NOW
(1-800-784-8669)

Quitline NC offers tobacco cessation coaching and free over-the-counter Generic Nicotine Replacement Therapy patches to members, subject to specific limitations. Quitline NC is available 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., 7 days a week, in English and Spanish. 

Tobacco Cessation Counseling 

Counseling by a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or behavioral health provider.

Prescription Medications

  • Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patches:  $10 generic copay; $5 over-the-counter generic copay. 
  • Buproprion (generic for Zyban):  $10 generic copay
  • Nicotine Nasal Spray, Nicotine Inhaler, Varenicline (Chantix):  $35 copay.
*Members eligible for NC HealthSmart Services are members whose primary health coverage is through the State Health Plan. Federal law prohibits the State Health Plan from using your personal health information to discriminate against you in any way or from giving this information to your employing agency/school or other unauthorized third party, unless required by law.