NCT02506829.

Trial name or title	Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment (FIESTA)
Methods	Parallel‐assignment randomised controlled trial
Participants	182 urban veteran smokers
Interventions	Financial incentives intervention: "Usual care in hospital, referral to a smoking cessation Quitline on discharge from hospital. Financial incentives for: a) speaking with a coach from the Smoker's Quitline ($50), b) completion of another community‐based smoking‐cessation program ($50), and/or c) use of pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation at 2 weeks ($50); and d) for smoking cessation, confirmed with the use of a cotinine test at 2 months ($150); and e) for smoking cessation, confirmed with the use of a cotinine test at 6 months after study enrollment ($250)." Control: "Usual care in hospital, referral to a smoking cessation Quitline on discharge from hospital."
Outcomes	Primary: Self‐report and biochemically verified (by salivary cotinine) smoking abstinence at 6 months Secondary: Self‐report smoking abstinence at 6 months; use of evidence‐based treatments; quality of life (measured with EQ5‐D); short‐ and long‐term return on investment (cost analysis)
Starting date	July 2015
Contact information	Dr Joseph Ladapo JLadapo@mednet.ucla.edu Dr Scott Sherman Scott.Sherman@nyumc.org
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