The Washington, D.C., Health Benefit Exchange executive board has voted to prohibit health insurance companies from charging higher premiums to smokers and tobacco users.
The April 8 vote, according to a news release, followed testimony by patient and public health advocates opposing a premium surcharge for smokers.
An estimated one in five residents of the District use tobacco regularly, with rates especially high among African Americans (30.8 percent).
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