Incentives for Smoking Cessation in Persistent Poverty Counties

Tobacco Use Clinical Trial

Official title: Monetary Incentives to Promote Engagement With the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline in Counties Experiencing Persistent Poverty

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed pilot project is designed to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of offering small financial incentives for the completion of smoking cessation counseling and self-reported abstinence at follow-up among Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline (OTH) callers living in persistent poverty counties (PPCs). The study will enroll at least 160 adults who reside in any of the 16 persistent poverty counties in Oklahoma, who are seeking smoking cessation treatment through the OTH.

Clinical Trial Description

The proposed randomized controlled trial will enroll adults who are seeking smoking cessation treatment through the OTH and who reside in any of the 16 PPCs in Oklahoma. Participants will be randomly assigned to OTH or OTH plus escalating incentives (OTH+I) for completing up to 5 counseling calls over 8 weeks. Feasibility outcomes for the incentives-based intervention will focus on counseling call completion, follow-up assessment completion, smoking cessation, incentive costs, and perceptions of the intervention. Potential effectiveness will be evaluated based on comparisons of counseling call completions and rates of self-reported smoking abstinence at 12 weeks post-enrollment (4 weeks after incentives have ended) in OTH+I relative to OTH alone. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contingency Management
• Socioeconomic Status
• Tobacco Cessation
• Tobacco Smoking
• Tobacco Use

• NCT number: NCT05095779
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Oklahoma
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 9, 2022
• Completion date: August 11, 2023