Why are financial incentives not effective at influencing some smokers to quit? Results of a process evaluation of a worksite trial assessing the efficacy of financial incentives for smoking cessation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Kim, Annice ^a   Kamyab, Kian ^a   Zhu, Jingsan ^b,c   Volpp, Kevin ^b,c,d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Health Care Systems ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REWARD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751645711     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820061d7     Document Type: Article

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