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. 2013 Mar 15;13:66. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-66

Table 1.

Internet search findings for UK incentive schemes for smoking cessation in pregnancy as of 19th November 2012

Scheme name Location Status Country Funding Incentive details Smoking verification method URL as source
Give it up for baby
Dundee
Active
UK
NHS
£12.50 grocery vouchers per week over 1 year
CO testing
http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/departments/pch/phcm/casesjournal/volume3/showcase/cases_3_09.pdf
Accessed 19 November 2012
http://www.nsmcentre.org.uk/sites/default/files/Give%20It%20Up%20For%20Baby%20FULL%20case%20study.pdf Accessed 19 November 2012
Healthy incentive schemes
Birmingham
Completed
UK
NHS
Up to £140 shopping vouchers over 1 year.
CO testing
http://www.stopsmokinglive.org/2010/posters/dave_jones.html Accessed 19 November 2012
Voucher Incentive Scheme
Yeovil & Torbay District Hospitals & Gloucester Royal Hospital
Completed
UK
NHS
Up to £200 in pharmacy vouchers over 1 year.
CO testing
http://www.uknscc.org/2010_UKNSCC/presentations/elaine_watson.html - Accessed 19 November 2012
Significant Other Supporters (SOS)
Yorkshire and Humber Piloted in 12 stop-smoking services
Completed
UK
NHS
Up to £200 in shopping vouchers over 1 year
CO testing
http://smoking-quit.info/mothers-paid-to-quit-cigarettes Accessed 19 November 2012
 
The North East Essex (Colchester)
Completed
UK
NHS
Up to £100 grocery vouchers over 1 year
CO testing
http://www.uk.coop/pressrelease/food-vouchers-incentive-pregnant-smokers - Accessed 18 March 2013
The Cessation in Pregnancy Incentives Trial (CPIT)
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Active
UK
Chief Scientist Office Scottish Government (sponsored by the NHS)
Up to £400 in shopping vouchers for abstinence up to 34 to 38 weeks gestation
CO testing and urine test (for final payment)
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN87508788/ - Accessed 19 November 2012
Trial protocol available at http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/113 Accessed 19 November 2012
HERS (Health Enhancement Reward scheme)
West Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury)
Completed
UK
NHS
Up to £120 in vouchers (£10 per month) for baby products, beauty treatments and cinema tickets.
CO testing
Health Enhancement Reward Scheme (HERS) Project Evaluation - UCS Full Report January 2010
              http://www.suffolk.nhs.uk/Home/Publications/20092010.aspx Accessed 19 November 2012