Optimizing the efficacy of smoking cessation contests: An exploration of determinants of successful quitting

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Van Osch, Liesbeth ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^b   Reubsaet, Astrid ^a   Steenstra, Mirjam ^a   Wigger, Stefan ^c   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Cancer Society   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549109425     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym090     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Sandström P, Vartiainen ER, Pyykönen M et al. International Quit & Win 2002 and 2004. Helsinki, Finland: National Public Health Institute (KTL), 2006.
2. Lando HA, Hellerstedt WL, Pirie PL et al. Results of a long-term community smoking cessation contest. Am J Health Promot 1991; 5: 420-5.
3. Lai KQ, McPhee SJ, Jenkins CN et al. Applying the quit & win contest model in the Vietnamese community in Santa Clara county. Tob Control 2000; 9(Suppl. 2): 56-9.
4. Tillgren P, Rosen M, Haglund BJ et al. Cost-effectiveness of a tobacco 'quit and win' contest in Sweden. Health Policy 1993; 26: 43-53.
5. Sun S, Korhonen T, Uutela A et al. International Quit and Win 1996: comparative evaluation study in China and Finland. Tob Control 2000; 9: 303-9.
6. Hahn EJ, Rayens MK, Warnick TA et al. A controlled trial of a Quit and Win contest. Am J Health Promot 2005; 20: 117-26.
7. Hahn EJ, Rayens MK, Chirila C et al. Effectiveness of a quit and win contest with a low-income population. Prev Med 2004; 39: 543-50.
8. Korhonen T, McAlister A, Laaksonen M et al. International quit and win 1996: standardized evaluation in selected campaign countries. Prev Med 2000; 31: 742-51.
9. Hey K, Perera R. Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005: Cd004307.
10. Hey K, Perera R. Quit and Win contests for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005.Cd004986.
11. Health Council of the Netherlands. Plan of Campaign: Promotion of Healthy Behaviour by Mass Media Education. The Hague, The Netherlands: Health Council of the Netherlands, 2006.
12. Glasgow RE. Evaluation of theory-based interventions: the RE-AIM model. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Lewis FM (eds). Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002, 530-44.
13. Gomez Zamudio M, Renaud L, Labrie L et al. Role of pharmacological aids and social supports in smoking cessation associated with Quebec's 2000 Quit and Win campaign. Prev Med 2004; 38: 662-7.
14. Korhonen T, Su S, Korhonen HJ et al. Evaluation of a national Quit and Win contest: determinants for successful quitting. Prev Med 1997; 26: 556-64.
15. Bains N, Pickett W, Laundry B et al. Predictors of smoking cessation in an incentive-based community intervention. Chronic Dis Can 2000; 21: 54-61.
16. Lenert L, Munoz RF, Perez JE et al. Automated e-mail messaging as a tool for improving quit rates in an internet smoking cessation intervention. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004; 11: 235-40.
17. Ota A, Takahashi Y. Factors associated with successful smoking cessation among participants in a smoking cessation program involving use of the internet, e-mails, and mailing-list. Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 2005; 52: 999-1005.
18. Dijkstra A, De Vries H, Roijackers J. Computerized tailored feedback to change cognitive determinants of smoking: a Dutch field experiment. Health Educ Res 1998; 13: 197-206.
19. STIVORO. Jaarverslag 2001 [Annual Report 2001]. The Hague, The Netherlands: STIVORO [Dutch Foundation on Smoking and Health], 2001.
20. Stead LF, Perera R, Lancaster T. Telephone counseling for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006; 3: Cd002850.
21. National Public Health Institute. International Quit & Win 2004: Handbook. Helsinki, Finland: National Public Health Institute, KTL, 2004.
22. Robinson L, Jewell N. Some surprising results about covariate adjustment in logistic regression. Int Stat Rev 1991; 58: 227-40.
23. Pirie PL, Rooney BL, Pechacek TF et al. Incorporating social support into a community-wide smoking-cessation contest. Addict Behav 1997; 22: 131-7.
24. West R, Edwards M, Hajek P. A randomized controlled trial of a "buddy" systems to improve success at giving up smoking in general practice. Addiction 1998; 93: 1007-11.
25. Kviz FJ, Crittenden KS, Madura KJ et al. Use and effectiveness of buddy support in a self-help smoking cessation program. Am J Health Promot 1994; 8: 191-201.
26. Mermelstein R, Cohen S, Lichtenstein E et al. Social support and smoking cessation and maintenance. J Consult Clin Psychol 1986; 54: 447-53.
27. Bains N, Pickett W, Hoey J. The use and impact of incentives in population-based smoking cessation programs: a review. Am J Health Promot 1998; 12: 307-20.
28. Koffman DM, Lee JW, Hopp JW et al. The impact of including incentives and competition in a workplace smoking cessation program on quit rates. Am J Health Promot 1998; 13: 105-11.
29. Martinson BC, Lazovich D, Lando HA et al. Effectiveness of monetary incentives for recruiting adolescents to an intervention trial to reduce smoking. Prev Med 2000; 31: 706-13.
30. Ulrich CM, Danis M, Koziol D et al. Does it pay to pay? A randomized trial of prepaid financial incentives and lottery incentives in surveys of nonphysician healthcare professionals. Nurs Res 2005; 54: 178-83.
31. Volpp KG, Gurmankin Levy A, Asch DA et al. A randomized controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15: 12-8.
32. Eysenbach G. The law of attrition. J Med Internet Res 2005; 7: e11.
33. Quit & Win. International Press Release April 19, 2006. Available at http://www.quitandwin.org/attachments/press-release0406.pdf. Accessed: 8 March 2007.