Payroll contracting for smoking cessation: a worksite pilot study.
Twenty-one men and 38 women participated in a worksite smoking cessation/smoking reduction program that combined financial contracts, organized through payroll deduction, and biweekly group treatment sessions. At the end of the program the smoking cessation rate was 51%, validated by expired air carbon monoxide. Six months later the validated cessation rate was 12%. We conclude that payroll incentives may be effective in helping workers quit smoking and offer suggestions for ways to promote better maintenance of this important behavior change.
Jeffery
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Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455.
Pheley
A M
AM
Forster
J L
JL
Kramer
F M
FM
Snell
M K
MK
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy; D000074606:Smoking Prevention