6/15/99: The costs of stop-smoking programs and prescription drugs to help nicotine withdrawal symptoms are deductible medical expenses under the tax code, says the IRS in Revenue Ruling 99-28. Non-prescription drugs for nicotine withdrawal, such as nicotine gum and nicotine patches, do not qualify. An earlier revenue ruling, now revoked, had said that stop-smoking program costs did not qualify as deductible medical expenses.
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