Cessation 2024;10(August):35 KEYWORDS TOPICS ABSTRACT In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires tobacco product manufacturers to submit Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA) for new products, granting marketing approval only if deemed appropriate for the protection of public health
The danger gained attention when two baseball legends who chewed tobacco, Tony Gwynn and Curt Schilling, contracted oral cancer (which in Gwynns case was fatal)
We note that, for BHI services, there is an established evidence base for approaches to caring for beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions which involve integration in the primary care setting, are typically provided by a primary care team, and include structured care management with regular assessments of clinical status and modification of treatment
Given their shared addictive nature, we classify them as substance use
Overall, this represents an exceedingly small share of the overall Shared Savings Program assigned beneficiary population, currently 10.8 million 467 ( beneficiaries
