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Affordable Care Act allows employers to offer big financial incentives for reduced tobacco use (The New York Times)

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The Obama administration has defined “essential health benefits” that must be offered to most Americans and has allowed employers to offer up to a 50% maximum permissible reward of the cost of coverage for wellness programs intended to prevent or reduce tobacco use. Read more in this November 20 New York Times article.