Tobacco Control 2004;13:6-7
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USA: make health insurance include cessation help, says poll
David Simpson
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Many tobacco control advocates around the world regard California as one of the worlds most successful pioneers in some aspects of tobacco control. It is easy to admire tobacco control programmes that may cost the equivalent of the entire health budget of many a small, less affluent country; and the US west coast super-state has also had its share of setbacks from recalcitrant politicians taking the easy way out to gain popularity with taxpayers. What really counts is the long term change in societys attitudes to tobacco control, and whether people back progressive programmes to the extent that they are willing to pay for them. Recent research in California appears to have confirmed the states success in winning the battle for the hearts and minds, as well as the lungs, of its population.
A state wide survey by San Jose State University has shown that Californians with health insurance overwhelmingly . . . [Full text of this article]
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