Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smoking, Smoking, Tobacco, Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

The investigators plan to compare the impact of two approaches for smoking cessation on smoking abstinence, use of evidenced-based therapy, and quality of life among a diverse population of patients at the Manhattan campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, which serves a critical safety-net role for urban veterans. During hospitalization, all smokers will receive usual care. Patients will be randomized to one of two arms: financial incentives plus usual care vs. usual care alone, which includes referral to the state Quitline. All patients enrolled in the study will be offered nicotine replacement therapy. The investigators will conduct follow-up assessments at 2 weeks, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after discharge. The primary study outcome is smoking abstinence at 6-month follow-up, verified by salivary/urinary cotinine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02506829

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

182

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-05-20

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age ≥ 18 years,
• smoked tobacco during the prior 30 days,
• have an active U.S. phone number and address,
• can provide consent in English and
• are in at least the contemplative stage of change for quitting smoking, as assessed by a single measure, readiness to quit

You may not qualify if…

• use only smokeless tobacco,
• are pregnant or breastfeeding,
• are discharged to an institution (e.g., nursing home, long-term care facility),
• are unable to provide informed consent, or do not have cognitive ability to enroll or participate in the study

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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