Jump to full article: Kamloops (BC) Daily News (ca), 2010-09-04
Intro: If the provincial government is serious about convincing more British Columbians to butt out, it should listen to the advice of the Canadian Medical Association and cover the full costs of smoking-cessation products.
As it is, only Quebec smokers are reimbursed when they purchase the nicotine patch, nicotine gum or other quit-smoking therapies. . . .
The CMA says funding for quit-smoking products should come out of the "substantial tax revenues" collected on the sale of tobacco products. Smokers have long believed they shoulder an unfair tax burden. By putting some of that money into programs designed to help them quit, maybe they'd feel as though they were getting something for their money.
And considering the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses, the decision to pay for stop-smoking products should be considered a good investment.
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