Here's help if you want to stop smoking
As a national leader in healthcare and environmental practices, the University of California plans to provide our faculty and staff with a healthy tobacco-free environment systemwide by 2014.
To help smokers quit, UC’s systemwide benefits programs offer a range of services, depending on what medical plan you have selected. Copays and program fees may apply, so consult your plan's
Evidence of Coverage booklet for more information.
Anthem Blue Cross Plus, Anthem Blue Cross PPO, Anthem Lumenos, and Core offer you:
* Prescriptions to help you quit
* Anthem online resources including:
Living Free: A four-week online course with MP3 support audio, tracking tools and live coach ( offered at a discount for UC employees)
Healthy Lifestyle Tobacco Free (for Lumenos members only
* Prescriptions to help you quit
* Discounts on cessation products (online or on the phone)
* Health Net online resources, such as Decision Power Health & Wellness
Kaiser Permanente offers you:
* Telephone-based coaching. Call: (866) 402-4320
* Kaiser Online resources include:
* For on-site counseling, contact your local Kaiser medical center for availability.
Western Health Advantage offers you:
* Prescriptions to help you quit
Staywell Health Management offers you:
* Telephone-based counseling
UCLA also offers cessation programs and information:
Programs available to the general public
* California Smokers Helpline, a free statewide quit-smoking service operated by the UC San Diego's Moore's Cancer Center. Call (800) NO-BUTTS
