ReviewPreventive medicine2012
The use of financial incentives in promoting smoking cessation.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Do financial incentives increase mental health treatment engagement? A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Competitions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Personal financial incentives for changing habitual health-related behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Preventive medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Contingency Management Versus Psychotherapy for Prenatal Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthPooled it
- Cardiopulmonary effects of combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Smoke-Free Moms: Financial Rewards for Smoking Cessation by Low-Income Rural Pregnant Women.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Trial
- Paying Low-Income Smokers to Quit? The Cost-Effectiveness of Incentivizing Tobacco Quit Line Engagement for Medicaid Recipients Who Smoke.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2019Trial
- Contingency management for college student smokers: The role of drinking as a moderator and mediator of smoking abstinence during treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Trial of Incentives for Smoking Treatment in Medicaid Members.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Treating Smokers in Substance Treatment With Contingent Vouchers, Nicotine Replacement and Brief Advice Adapted for Sobriety Settings.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Predictive Validity of a Cigarette Purchase Task in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Contingent Vouchers for Smoking in Individuals With Substance Use Disorders.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Financial incentives to promote extended smoking abstinence in opioid-maintained patients: a randomized trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Trial
- Interpersonal Communication and Smoking Cessation in the Context of an Incentive-Based Program: Survey Evidence From a Telehealth Intervention in a Low-Income Population.Journal of health communication · 2016Trial
- Contingent vouchers and motivational interviewing for cigarette smokers in residential substance abuse treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- Financial incentives for abstinence among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals in smoking cessation treatment.American journal of public health · 2015Trial
- The effects of fixed versus escalating reinforcement schedules on smoking abstinence.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2015Trial
- Smoking Cessation in Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Psychosocial Interventions.Journal of dual diagnosis · 2015Trial
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Abstract
objectiveCigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and world. Despite the availability of numerous therapies for smoking cessation, additional efficacious interventions are greatly needed. We provide a narrative review of published studies evaluating financial incentives for smoking cessation and discuss the parameters important for ensuring the efficacy of incentive interventions for smoking cessation.
methodsPublished studies that evaluated the impact of incentives to promote smoking cessation and included an appropriate control or comparison condition were identified and reviewed.
resultsIncentives are efficacious for promoting smoking abstinence across the general population of smokers as well as substance abusers, adolescents, patients with pulmonary disease, patients with serious mental illness and other challenging subgroups. To develop and implement an effective incentive treatment for smoking, special attention should be paid to biochemical verification of smoking status, incentive magnitude and the schedule of incentive delivery.
conclusionConsistent with the extensive literature showing that incentives are effective in reducing illicit drug use, a large body of evidence supports their effectiveness in reducing smoking. Continued efforts are warranted to further develop and disseminate incentive-based treatments for smoking cessation across clinical settings and populations.
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