Mobile contingency management for smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: Protocol for a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking rates remain high among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults. Offering small escalating financial incentives for abstinence (i.e., contingency management [CM]), alongside clinic-based treatment dramatically increases cessation rates in this vulnerable population. However, innovative approaches are needed for those who are less able to attend office visits. The current study will evaluate an automated mobile phone-based CM approach that will allow socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals to remotely earn financial incentives for smoking cessation.

Methods

The investigators have previously combined technologies, including 1) carbon monoxide monitors that connect with mobile phones to remotely verify abstinence, 2) facial recognition software to confirm

SUBMITTER: Kendzor DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514803 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature