Efficacy of Team-Based Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation in the Workplace

Efficacy of Team-Based Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation in the Workplace

Worksite smoking cessation programs offer accessibility of the target population, availability of occupational health support, and the potential for peer pressure and peer support. The purpose of this study was to identify the efficacy of the financial incentives given to various teams in the workplace. St. Paul's Hospital's employees were enrolled. Each team of employees consisted of smoking p...

Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy.

Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of a financial incentive added to routine specialist pregnancy stop smoking services versus routine care to help pregnant smokers quit. DESIGN Phase II therapeutic exploratory single centre, individually randomised controlled parallel group superiority trial. SETTING One large health board area with a materially deprived, inner city population in the west of...

A randomized controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND Although 435,000 Americans die each year of tobacco-related illness, only approximately 3% of smokers quit each year. Financial incentives have been shown to be effective in modifying behavior within highly structured settings, such as drug treatment programs, but this has not been shown in treating chronic disease in less structured settings. The objective of this study was to deter...

The safety and efficacy of Electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation

Introduction: Although electronic cigarettes are increasing in popularity all over the world, their safety and efficacy for smoking cessation have remained unclear and discussed in scientific literature. The aim of present study was to review the available evidence about the use, content, safety of ECs and their potential effects on users' health, and the extraction of resources to guide and as...