Integrating Financial Coaching and Referrals into a Smoking Cessation Program for Low-income Smokers: a Randomized Waitlist Control Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial distress is a barrier to cessation among low-income smokers.

Objective

To evaluate an intervention that integrated financial coaching and benefits referrals into a smoking cessation program for low-income smokers.

Design

Randomized waitlist control trial conducted from 2017 to 2019.

Participants

Adult New York City residents were eligible if they reported past 30-day cigarette smoking, had income below 200% of the federal poverty level, spoke English or Spanish, and managed their own funds. Pregnant or breastfeeding people were excluded. Participants were recruited from two medical centers and from the community.

Intervention

The intervention (n = 208) offered smoking cessation coaching, nicotine replacement therapy, money management

SUBMITTER: Rogers ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature