"The number of employers sponsoring the [smoking cessation] programs 'is going up even while firms are cutting back on medical benefits' in general to limit costs, said Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco, which promotes stop-smoking programs nationally." Ha ha! So your insurance won't cover that operation because you had your chance to be saved, smoky! [NYT]