Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: multicentre randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of financial incentives dependent on continuous smoking abstinence on smoking cessation and birth outcomes among pregnant smokers.

Design

Single blind, randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Financial Incentive for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy (FISCP) trial in 18 maternity wards in France.

Participants

460 pregnant smokers aged at least 18 years who smoked ≤5 cigarettes/day or ≤3 roll-your-own cigarettes/day and had a pregnancy gestation of <18 weeks were randomised to a financial incentives group (n=231) or a control group (n=229).

Interventions

Participants in the financial incentives group received a voucher equivalent to €20 (£17; $23), and further progressively increasing vouchers at each study visit if they remain

SUBMITTER: Berlin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634365 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature