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. 1990 Feb;80(2):205–206. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.2.205

Incentives and competition in a worksite smoking cessation intervention.

L A Jason 1, S Jayaraj 1, C C Blitz 1, M H Michaels 1, L E Klett 1
PMCID: PMC1404612  PMID: 2297068

Abstract

We evaluated a worksite smoking cessation program that employed multicomponents including support groups, incentives, and competition. The combination of incentives and other components increased participation rates to over 80%. Forty-two percent of smokers were abstinent at six months, compared to 13 percent of a control group (difference 29 percent, 95% CI 9, 49).

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