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Financial Incentives for Abstinence Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Individuals in Smoking Cessation Treatment
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evaluated effectiveness offering adjunctive financial incentives abstinence contingency management cm within safety net hospital smoking cessation programwe randomized participants n 146 dallas county texas tobacco cessation clinic 2011 2013 usual care uc cessation program n 71 cm uc 4 weeks financial incentives n 75 followed 1 week quit date 4 weeks quit date subset n 128 asked attend visit 12 weeks scheduled quit dateparticipants primarily black 623 white 281 female 575 participants uninsured 521 annual household income less 12 000 555 abstinence rates significantly higher assigned cm uc visits following quit date ps 05 point prevalence abstinence rates cm uc groups 493 versus 254 4 weeks quit date 328 versus 141 12 weeks quit date cm participants earned average 6340 150 possible abstinence first 4 weeks scheduled quit dateoffering small financial incentives abstinence might effective means improve abstinence rates among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals participating smoking cessation treatment