Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is : A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation

Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is : A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation

The authors designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit funds for six months, after which they take a urine test for nicotine and cotin...

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Main Authors: Giné, Xavier, Karlan, Dean, Zinman, Jonathan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADDICTION
ADDICTIVE NATURE
ADDICTIVE NATURE OF SMOKING
ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES
ADULT SMOKERS
AGED
BABIES
BIOMARKERS
BLACK LUNG
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
CESSATION PROGRAM
CIGARETTE
CIGARETTE PACKAGES
CIGARETTES
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONSUMPTION CHOICES
DANGERS
DECISION MAKING
DISEASE
DISEASE CONTROL
ECONOMIC COSTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FORMER SMOKERS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTHY BEHAVIORS
HEAVY SMOKERS
LUNG CANCER
MARKETING
MEDICATION
MEDICINE
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MYOPIA
NATIONAL HEALTH
NICOTINE
NICOTINE REPLACEMENT
NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
PICTORIAL HEALTH WARNINGS
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS
QUITTING SMOKING
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
RESPIRATOR
SMOKER
SMOKERS
SMOKING
SMOKING CESSATION
SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENTS
STD
TB
THERAPIES
TOBACCO
TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO RESEARCH
TOBACCO USE
TREATMENT
URINE SAMPLE
URINE TEST
WEIGHT LOSS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090702084030
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4177
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Summary:The authors designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit funds for six months, after which they take a urine test for nicotine and cotinine. If they pass, their money is returned; otherwise, their money is forfeited to charity. Eleven percent of smokers offered CARES tookup, and smokers randomly offered CARES were 3 percentage points more likely to pass the 6-month test than the control group. More importantly, this effect persisted in surprise tests at 12 months, indicating that CARES produced lasting smoking cessation.

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