A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation

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Authors

Kevin G. Volpp · Institute of Health Economics

Andrea B. Troxel · Institute of Health Economics

Mark V. Pauly · Institute of Health Economics

Henry A. Glick · University of Pennsylvania

Andrea Puig

David A. Asch · University of Pennsylvania

Robert Galvin · Yale University

Abstract

In this study of employees of one large company, financial incentives for smoking cessation significantly increased the rates of smoking cessation. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00128375.)

Topics & Keywords

Smoking Behavior and Cessation Air Quality and Health Impacts Workplace Health and Well-being

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 7, pp. 699-709

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa0806819

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