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Stop smoking services
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TIP: The "Quit for Life" tobacco cessation program is offered through Free & Clear.

The plan covers tobacco cessation services only when you are enrolled in the Quit for Life tobacco cessation program offered through Free & Clear. No other stop smoking services are covered. The program provides phone counseling, online communications, nicotine replacement therapy, and educational materials to help you quit using tobacco. Enroll by calling 1-866-784-8454, or go to www.quitnow.net/ump/. When you participate in Quit for Life, you can also earn a $30 gift card.

These services are covered at 100%. You do not pay toward your medical deductible or coinsurance.

ALERT!  Only nicotine products supplied by Free & Clear are covered. If you choose to get a product that Free & Clear doesn't supply, you will have to pay the entire cost out of pocket.


When recommended by your Quit for Life counselor, the following medications are free to you:

  • Nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum
  • Prescription drugs identified in the Washington State Rx Services Preferred Drug List as covered when preauthorized by Free & Clear.

Nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum will be sent to you by Free & Clear at no cost to you. Nicotine replacement therapy is covered only when supplied directly by Free & Clear. You cannot purchase these products and get reimbursed later. 

To receive coverage for prescription drugs, you must:

  • Be participating in the Quit for Life tobacco cessation program.
  • Get preauthorization from your Quit for Life counselor.
  • Go to your doctor and request a prescription.

Please allow three business days after Free & Clear approves coverage before filling your prescription. Prescription drugs for tobacco cessation are covered only at a network pharmacy (retail or Wellpartner, the network mail-order pharmacy).

ALERT!  See the current Washington State Rx Services Preferred Drug List for drugs covered under this benefit. If your provider prescribes a noncovered drug for tobacco cessation, you will have to pay the full cost. Note: When a generic drug becomes available, the brand-name drug is not covered.


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KBID 739
Date Modified 12/28/2009
Date Created 10/8/2007

The Certificate of Coverage (COC) is the source of coverage provisions offered under UMP. If information given here is inconsistent with the UMP COC, the rules in the COC will apply. Also, the COC may have additional information on this subject.

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