Incentives for smoking cessation

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...

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...

Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a single-arm intervention study assessing cessation and gaming

AIMS Financial incentives were the single most effective intervention for smoking cessation in pregnancy in a recent Cochrane Review, but based on a few small trials in the United States using only 7-day point prevalence measures of cessation. This study estimates (a) prolonged cessation in an unselected population of English pregnant smokers who are offered financial incentives for quitting an...

Aversive smoking for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND Aversion therapy pairs the pleasurable stimulus of smoking a cigarette with some unpleasant stimulus. The objective is to extinguish the urge to smoke. OBJECTIVES This review has two aims. First, to determine the efficacy of rapid smoking and other aversive methods in helping smokers stop smoking. Second, to determine whether there is a dose-response effect on smoking cessation at ...