Financial incentives for smoking cessation

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Abstract

Quitting smoking is easier if you receive a reward for it. This research shows that employees refrained from smoking better if they received a reward in combination with quit-smoking training at work. The research involved 604 smokers who wanted to stop smoking from 61 companies in the Netherlands. Half of the smokers participated in a group training only (control group) and the other half participated in the group training and received a reward (intervention group). The reward consisted of gift certificates totalling €350. After the training, those who had stopped smoking received €50, after three months another €50, after six months again €50 and after 12 months €200. After a year, some people had started smoking again, but there was a large different between the intervention and control groups (41% vs. 26%). This demonstrates that a quit-smoking group training at work will be more successful if combined with a reward in the form of gift certificates. The results of this research have been published in the leading scientific journal The Lancet Public Health, among others.
Funded by KWF Kankerbestrijding, ZonMw
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • Maastricht University
Supervisors/Advisors
  • van Schayck, Constant, Supervisor
  • Nagelhout, Gera, Supervisor
  • Chavannes, Niels H., Supervisor, External person
  • Winkens, Bjorn, Co-Supervisor
Award date21 Oct 2020
Place of PublicationMaastricht
Publisher
Print ISBNs9789463809641
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Smoking cessation
  • financial incentives
  • workplace intervention
  • Group training
  • Health promotion
  • RCT

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