Participation in a workplace smoking cessation program incentivized by lowering the cost of health care coverage: Findings from the LLUH BREATHE cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Systematic analyses of workplace smoking cessation programs indicate that efficacy can be enhanced by using incentives. There is variation in the type of incentives used and their effect on participation and efficacy. The aim of our study was to examine whether lowering employee health plan costs (employee contributions, co-pays) encourage employee smokers to participate in workplace smoking cessation.

Methods

We conducted a 2014-2015 prospective cohort study of 415 employee smokers of Loma Linda University Health (LLUH). The employees were offered participation in a workplace smoking cessation program (LLUH BREATHE Initiative) with the incentive of enrollment in an employer-provided health plan that had a 50% lower employee monthly contribution and co-payment r

SUBMITTER: Moses O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291893 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature