Efficacy of team-based financial incentives for smoking cessation in the workplace.

ABSTRACT: Worksite smoking cessation programs offer accessibility of the target population, availability of occupational health support, and the potential for peer pressure and peer support. The purpose of this study was to identify the efficacy of the financial incentives given to various teams in the workplace. St. Paul's Hospital's employees were enrolled. Each team of employees consisted of smoking participants and non-smoking fellow workers from the same department. The financial incentive of 50000 won (about $45) was rewarded to the team for each successful participant-not to individual members-after the first week and then after one month. If the smokers in the team remained abstinent for a longer time period, the team was given an incentive of 100000 won for each successful participant after

SUBMITTER: Yeo CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276770 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature