ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2022
Pilot trial of QuitBet: A digital social game that pays you to stop smoking.
Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychological Therapies Used for the Reduction of Habitual Cigarette Smoking Cigarette Consumption: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Pooled it
- Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Theory-based strategies to enhance interventions for smoking: Relevance to a digital intervention.Behaviour research and therapy · 2025Review
- Remote Carbon Monoxide Capture via REDCap: Evaluation of an Integrated Mobile Application.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Review of strategies to investigate low sample return rates in remote tobacco trials: A call to action for more user-centered design research.Addiction neuroscience · 2023Article
- Put your money where your feet are: The real-world effects of StepBet gamified deposit contracts for physical activity.Internet interventions · 2023Article
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Abstract
Contingency management is an effective treatment for cigarette smoking cessation but feasibility and acceptability concerns have been barriers to implementation. We conducted a pilot test of QuitBet, a commercial, digital (smartphone) social game for smoking cessation during which participants earned financial incentives for abstinence. QuitBet included a social feed for posting messages and entirely participant-funded incentives in the form of a deposit contract (the "bet"). QuitBet had a bet of $30 and lasted for 28 days. After a week to prepare for quitting, the quit day was Day 8. Between Day 9-28 (a 20-day period), participants earned back $1 of their $30 bet for each day of carbon monoxide (CO)-verified abstinence (≤ 6 ppm). Remaining bet money was pooled into a "grand prize" pot. Participants who were abstinent on at least 19 of the 20 days (1 "lapse" day allowed) were declared "winners" and split the grand prize pot equally. A game host posted a daily message containing evidence-based education about smoking cessation or a discussion topic. Recruitment goals were met. Among the players (
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