Smartphone-based financial incentives to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases risk for pregnancy complications, growth restriction, and other adverse health outcomes. The most effective intervention for reducing smoking during pregnancy is financial incentives contingent on biochemically-verified smoking abstinence. The present study examined the efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention whereby smoking monitoring and incentive delivery occurred remotely using a mobile app. If efficacious, this remote intervention would allow pregnant women residing in geographically remote areas to benefit from incentives-based cessation interventions. Sixty U.S. pregnant smokers were recruited between May 2018 to May 2019 via obstetrical clinics, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices, and Facebook. Participants were assigned sequ

SUBMITTER: Kurti AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7680385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature