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Financial incentives for smoking cessation
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  1. D Shrikrishna
  1. Dr D Shrikrishna, Research Registrar, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK; dinesh.shrikrishna{at}nhs.net

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    Successful smoking cessation is fundamental to reducing the worldwide healthcare burden of chronic disease. This randomised controlled trial investigated the impact of financial incentives on smoking cessation among employees of a multinational company in the USA.

    The study randomised 878 employees to receive information on available smoking cessation programmes (n = 442) or the same information with financial incentives (n = 436). These included …

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