Nicotine-free living

If you’re enrolled in the PPO, EPO, or HDHP and you want to quit smoking or using tobacco products, your benefits include 100% coverage for certain prescribed smoking cessation medications.

You and your covered family members may be eligible to receive certain smoking cessation medications at no cost. To qualify, you must:

  • be age 18 or older
  • have a prescription from your doctor, even if the medication is available over the counter (OTC)
  • fill the prescription at a network pharmacy

You can receive up to a 180-day supply each year of the following medications (maximum daily dose quantity limits apply). Show your prescription ID card when you pick up your prescription; no copay, deductible, or coinsurance is required.

  • OTC medications:
    • nicotine replacement gum
    • nicotine replacement lozenge
    • nicotine replacement patch
  • prescription medications:
    • bupropion sustained-release tablet (generic Zyban)
    • Chantix tablet*
    • Nicotrol inhaler*
    • Nicotrol nasal spray*

*100% covered only after you have first tried one OTC nicotine replacement product and bupropion sustained-release tablets.