Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

The 2009 US Federal Cigarette Tax Increase and Quitline Utilization in 16 States

Table 1

Benefits and services offered by the 16 state quitlines participating in the study before and after the federal excise tax increase.1, 2
State quitlineMailed materials1 single, reactive Single call + 3 additional calls3 Single call + 4 additional calls3 Free NRT (2 weeks)3 Free NRT (4 weeks)3 Free NRT (8 weeks)3 Free NRT (12 weeks)3
beforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafterbeforeafter
State 1YYYY——YYY————Y——
State 2YYYY——YY————Y———
State 3YYYY——YY————Y oth———
State 4YYYYYY——Y———————
State 5YYYYYY——YY——————
State 64YYYYYY——————————
State 7YYYYYY——————Y—YY
State 8YYYYYY—————Y oth————
State 94YYYYYY——————————
State 10YYYY——YYY insY med——Y uninsY unins——
State 11YYYYYY——Y ins———Y unins———
State 124YYYY——YY————————
State 13YYYY——YY——Y insY insY uninsY unins——
State 144YYYYYY——————————
State 15YYYY——Y—Y ins———Y unins———
State 16YYYY——YY———Y oth————
1Restrictions apply: Y ins = NRT provided to insured callers only; Y unins = NRT provided to uninsured callers only; Y med = NRT provided to Medicaid callers only; oth = other restrictions apply; Y = no restrictions. 2Before: March 1, 2008 through May 31, 2008; After: March 1, 2009 through May 31, 2009. The dash “—” indicates that the information is contained in another mutually exclusive column (e.g., 2 weeks but not 8 weeks of NRT).
3Offered only to those ready to quit within 30 days.
4States who contributed seven-month follow-up data.