Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is : A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation

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The authors designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit funds for six months, after which they take a urine test for nicotine and cotinine. If they pass, their money is returned; otherwise, their money is forfeited to charity. Eleven percent of smokers offered CARES tookup, and smokers randomly offered CARES were 3 percentage points more likely to pass the 6-month test than the control group. More importantly, this effect persisted in surprise tests at 12 months, indicating that CARES produced lasting smoking cessation.

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ADDICTION, ADDICTIVE NATURE, ADDICTIVE NATURE OF SMOKING, ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES, ADULT SMOKERS, AGED, BABIES, BIOMARKERS, BLACK LUNG, CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, CESSATION PROGRAM, CIGARETTE, CIGARETTE PACKAGES, CIGARETTES, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, CONSUMPTION CHOICES, DANGERS, DECISION MAKING, DISEASE, DISEASE CONTROL, ECONOMIC COSTS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FORMER SMOKERS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, HEAVY SMOKERS, LUNG CANCER, MARKETING, MEDICATION, MEDICINE, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MYOPIA, NATIONAL HEALTH, NICOTINE, NICOTINE REPLACEMENT, NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS, PICTORIAL HEALTH WARNINGS, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS, QUITTING SMOKING, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS, RESPIRATOR, SMOKER, SMOKERS, SMOKING, SMOKING CESSATION, SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENTS, STD, TB, THERAPIES, TOBACCO, TOBACCO CONTROL, TOBACCO RESEARCH, TOBACCO USE, TREATMENT, URINE SAMPLE, URINE TEST, WEIGHT LOSS

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