Implementation of Financial Incentives for Successful Smoking Cessation in Real-Life Company Settings: A Qualitative Needs Assessment among Employers

Floor A. van den Brand, Tessa Magnée, Lotte de Haan-Bouma, Cas Barendregt, Niels H. Chavannes, Onno C. P. van Schayck and Gera E. Nagelhout
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Floor A. van den Brand: Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University (CAPHRI), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Tessa Magnée: IVO Research Institute, 2500 GV The Hague, The Netherlands
Lotte de Haan-Bouma: Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University (CAPHRI), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Cas Barendregt: IVO Research Institute, 2500 GV The Hague, The Netherlands
Niels H. Chavannes: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Onno C. P. van Schayck: Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University (CAPHRI), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Gera E. Nagelhout: Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University (CAPHRI), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-16

Abstract: Randomized studies have shown that financial incentives can significantly increase the effect of smoking cessation treatment in company settings. Evidence of effectiveness alone is, however, not enough to ensure that companies will offer this intervention. Knowledge about the barriers and facilitators for implementation in the workplace is needed, in order to develop an implementation strategy. We performed a qualitative needs assessment among 18 employers working in companies with relatively many employees with a low educational level, and our study revealed priority actions that aim to improve the implementation process in these types of workplaces. First, employers need training and support in how to reach their employees and convince them to take part in the group training. Second, employers need to be convinced that their non-smoking employees will not consider the incentives unfair, or they should be enabled to offer alternative incentives that are considered less unfair. Third, the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation group trainings including financial incentives should be explained to employers. Finally, smoking cessation should become a standard part of workplace-based health policies.

Keywords: smoking cessation; financial incentives; workplace; employers; employees; smokers; intervention; qualitative interview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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