TRICARE offers assistance to eligible beneficiaries to help stop smoking through counseling with a network TRICARE authorized provider.
        

Eligibility

• Beneficiaries cannot be Medicare eligible
• Beneficiaries must reside in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia
• There is no requirement for the beneficiary to be diagnosed with a smoking related illness.

Benefit

• Up to 18 counseling sessions in 120 days are covered as one quit attempt
  • A maximum of 4 sessions can be individual
  • The remainder must be group sessions
• Two quit attempts within a 12 month rolling year are allowed without an authorization
• A third quit attempt requires a pre-authorization that can be authorized in advance
• There is no lifetime limit on quit attempts
• Stop-smoking pharmaceuticals are not covered.