Effectiveness of a small cash incentive on abstinence and use of cessation aids for adult smokers: A randomized controlled trial

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 17-25

  Cheung, Yee Tak Derek ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   Li, Ho Cheung William ^a   Kwong, Antonio ^b   Lai, Vienna ^b   Chan, Sophia Siu Chee ^a   Lam, Tai hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Cncl on Smoking and Hlth   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cessation; Health services; Incentive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF DIRECTED HELP; SELF HELP; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; CIGAR SMOKING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ONSET AGE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CIGAR SMOKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84995593524     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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