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Find out more about the tobacco use surcharge and how it applies to you.
You will be charged a $25 tobacco use premium surcharge in addition to your monthly medical plan premium if you or any dependent (age 13 and older) who is enrolled on your SEBB medical coverage uses a tobacco product.
You do not have to pay this surcharge if you attest that:
Enrolled dependents age 12 and younger are automatically defaulted as nontobacco users.
If your situation changes, you can later attest to the change. If you attest that you and your dependents have stopped using tobacco, your premium surcharge will be dropped.
Tobacco use means any use of tobacco products within the past two months. Tobacco use, however, does not include the religious or ceremonial use of tobacco.
Tobacco products means any product made with or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, including any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product. This includes, but is not limited to:
It does not include:
Sign in to SEBB My Account and select the Attestations tab. Select Yes or No for each individual listed.
You will be charged the $25-per-account premium surcharge, in addition to your medical plan premium.
Use one of the following options to report a change to your previous attestations:
You can report a change any time you or any enrolled dependents you reported as using tobacco products do any of the following:
You must also report a change if you or any enrolled dependent age 13 or older starts using a tobacco product, or stops participating in your SEBB medical plan’s tobacco cessation program.
Changes that result in a premium surcharge will begin the first day of the month following the status change (the date the dependent started using tobacco products). If that day is the first of the month, the change to the surcharge begins on that day.
Changes that result in removing a premium surcharge will begin the first day of the month after receipt of the attestation. If that day is the first of the month, the change to the surcharge begins on that day.
