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17 November 2022Affordable Care Act linked to reduced smoking among US adults with mental health and substance use disorders
During the first decade following passage of the Affordable Care Act (enacted March 2010), U.S. adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) experienced significant increases in health insurance coverage. They also showed significant reductions in smoking and increases in recent smoking abstinence. A new study published by the journal Addiction has found that those two changes—increased health insurance coverage and improved smoking outcomes—appear to be linked.
