About the Authors

Thomas Land

Thomas.Land@state.ma.us

Affiliation Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donna Warner

Affiliation Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark Paskowsky

Affiliation Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ayesha Cammaerts

Affiliation Office of Medicaid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

LeAnn Wetherell

Affiliation Office of Medicaid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rachel Kaufmann

Affiliation Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lei Zhang

Affiliation Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ann Malarcher

Affiliation Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Terry Pechacek

Affiliation Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lois Keithly

Affiliation Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL DW. Performed the experiments: TL. Analyzed the data: TL MP LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW AC. Wrote the paper: TL MP LK. Revised and edited manuscript: RK, LZ, AM, TFP.