Financial Incentives for Smoking Abstinence in Homeless Smokers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Three-quarters of homeless people smoke cigarettes. Financial incentives for smoking abstinence have appeared promising in nonexperimental studies of homeless smokers, but randomized controlled trial (RCT) data are lacking.

Methods

We conducted a pilot RCT of financial incentives for homeless smokers. Incentive arm participants (N = 25) could earn escalating $15-$35 rewards for brief smoking abstinence (exhaled carbon monoxide <8 parts per million) assessed 14 times over 8 weeks. Control arm participants (N = 25) were given $10 at each assessment regardless of abstinence. All participants were offered nicotine patches and counseling. The primary outcome was a repeated measure of brief smoking abstinence across 14 assessments. The secondary outcome was brief abst

SUBMITTER: Baggett TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6236071 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature