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• Anti-smoking drugs in health basket  

Health Council to give out anti-smoking drugs for free
Jump to full article: Jerusalem Post, 2009-12-24
Author: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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Smokers who want to kick the habit will for the first time soon be able to attend cessation courses covered by their health funds, as well as ask their doctor for subsidized medications that help overcome nicotine addiction.

List for 2010 basket of health services announced

These will be among the 80 drugs and technologies, worth NIS 350 million, chosen by the public committee responsible for recommending medical technologies for inclusion in the 210 health basket

The choices were selected from hundreds of products costing a total of NIS 2 billion.

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