May 25, 2018
If the chewing gums and the patches were reimbursed, we would quit smoking. Rejoice it is done! Many French people seem ready to quit thanks to this help.
More smokers ready to quit
Patches and chewing gums are recognized for their effectiveness in the final withdrawal of a smoker. If some smokers really wanted to quit, they did not always take the plunge because putting your hand in your pocket to pay for chewing gum or nicotine patches is frankly not very pleasant for the wallet.
” Take out 50 euros for a box of patches, that makes a sum. At the end of the month if you do the counts, it’s the same as the packs of cigarettes you buy “, Confides a smoker at the microphone of Europe 1. But things will undoubtedly change because for a week, NicoretteSkin patches and Nicotine EG gums have been reimbursed up to 65% by Health Insurance.
A study on smoking cessation
If in addition you have a mutual, then you will not have to pay anything. On the other hand, you must bring a prescription from your attending physician, indicating precisely the treatment to be started in order to have access to these medicines free of charge.
This reimbursement will undoubtedly not be a sword in the water because if we are to believe a study conducted on 1,000 people by OpinionWay / Johnson & Jonhson, seven in ten current smokers say the cost of substitutes is a barrier to quitting and 62% of current smokers also believe that if nicotine substitutes were reimbursed by social security, it would encourage smokers to stop smoking.
Maylis Choné
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