Some Recent Developments on Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Pregnant and Newly Postpartum Women

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-18

  Higgins, Stephen T ^a   Solomon, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Contingency management; Cost effectiveness; Efficacy; Financial incentives; Pregnancy; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994023005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-016-0092-0     Document Type: Review

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