Category: 2017 Releases

Small Financial Incentives Reap Big Rewards to Help People Quit Smoking

Low-income smokers who received modest payments to quit smoking not only were 57% more likely to quit—but the cost per quitter turned out to be less than for those who didn’t receive those incentives. According to a new paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Medicaid smokers in a research study who received up …