Financial incentives for abstinence among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals in smoking cessation treatment

D.E. Kendzor, M.S. Businelle, I.B. Poonawalla, E.L. Cuate, A. Kesh, D.M. Rios, P. Ma and D.S. Balis

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 6, 1198-1205

Abstract: Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of offering adjunctive financial incentives for abstinence (contingency management [CM]) within a safety net hospital smoking cessation program. Methods. We randomized participants (n = 146) from a Dallas County, Texas, Tobacco Cessation Clinic from 2011 to 2013 to usual care (UC; cessation program; n = 71) or CM (UC + 4 weeks of financial incentives; n = 75), and followed from 1 week before the quit date through 4 weeks after the quit date. A subset (n = 128) was asked to attend a visit 12 weeks after the scheduled quit date. Results. Participants were primarily Black (62.3%) or White (28.1%) and female (57.5%). Most participants were uninsured (52.1%) and had an annual household income of less than $12 000 (55.5%). Abstinence rates were significantly higher for those assigned to CM than UC at all visits following the quit date (all Ps

Keywords: controlled study; demography; economics; female; health literacy; human; male; middle aged; randomized controlled trial; reinforcement; smoking cessation; socioeconomics; treatment outcome; United States, Demography; Female; Health Literacy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Smoking Cessation; Socioeconomic Factors; Texas; Token Economy; Treatment Outcome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302102

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