Affordable Care ActFamily Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control ActTaking it to the Streets
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Janet Williams
Senior Policy Analyst
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ACA and Cessation
• Medicaid – Pregnant Women
• Medicaid– Children
• Medicaid – newly eligible in 2014 - Essential Health Benefits Package
• Medicare - Prescription cessation medications (Part D) and individual counseling (Part B) are covered
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Policies to Pursue
• Medicaid Coverage for All
• Essential Benefits
• Private Insurance
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Tobacco Control Act
• The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
• Granted the FDA authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products
• Expands what states can do to prohibit or restrict tobacco product marketing.
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What is Covered
• Restricts tobacco advertising and promotion in order to promote overall public health
• Bans all cigarettes that have a characterizing flavor, including all fruit and candy flavors
• Prohibits health claims • Requires tobacco companies to disclose the contents of tobacco
products, changes to their products and research about the health effects of their products
• Requires larger, more visible, and more informative health warning labels on advertisements for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
• Prohibits terms such as “light,” “mild” and “low-tar” on tobacco product packages and advertisements, while authorizing the FDA to restrict additional terms in the future
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What is Left for Advocates
• Limit the number or size of tobacco product ads at retail outlets
• Require that all tobacco products or tobacco product ads be kept away from cash registers in order to reduce impulse purchases by smokers trying to quit.
• Restrict or eliminate “power walls” of cigarettes being offered for sale at retail outlets
• Change cigar designations and placements
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But What Else
• Surveillance
• Smokefree Festivals
• Smokefree Housing
• Remove all signage from Windows
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