Money as motivation to quit: A survey of a non-random Australian sample of socially disadvantaged smokers' views of the acceptability of cash incentives

Bonevski, Billie; Bryant, Jamie; Lynagh, Marita; Paul, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.001

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“…This is one of only a few qualitative studies on acceptability of HPFI [ 19 , 20 , 22 , 27 , 30 , 33 , 45 - 48 , 62 - 66 ] and one of only a limited number of empirical research studies on this topic including UK participants. In a cross-section of the public we found a range of views on the acceptability of HPFI which mostly reflected the themes we developed in a systematic review on this topic [ 17 ].…”

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“…Those that have been conducted were restricted to alcohol, drug, and smoking cessation practitioners, managers and service providers, [ 21 , 20 ] pregnant women [ 26 ] and Maori, Pacific Islanders and low income groups [ 27 ]. Thus, growing, but still limited qualitative research on acceptability of HPFI has been conducted with a cross-section of participants, with limited research having been carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) [ 19 , 27 , 30 , 45 - 48 ].…”

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Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups

Giles

Sniehotta

McColl³

et al. 2015

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundThere is evidence that financial incentive interventions, which include both financial rewards and also penalties, are effective in encouraging healthy behaviours. However, concerns about the acceptability of such interventions remain. We report on focus groups with a cross-section of adults from North East England exploring their acceptance of financial incentive interventions for encouraging healthy behaviours amongst adults. Such information should help guide the design and development of acceptable, and effective, financial incentive interventions.MethodsEight focus groups with a total of 74 adults were conducted between November 2013 and January 2014 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Focus groups lasted approximately 60 minutes and explored factors that made financial incentives acceptable and unacceptable to participants, together with discussions on preferred formats for financial incentives. Verbatim transcripts were thematically coded and analysed in Nvivo 10.ResultsParticipants largely distrusted health promoting financial incentives, with a concern that individuals may abuse such schemes. There was, however, evidence that health promoting financial incentives may be more acceptable if they are fair to all recipients and members of the public; if they are closely monitored and evaluated; if they are shown to be effective and cost-effective; and if clear health education is provided alongside health promoting financial incentives. There was also a preference for positive rewards rather than negative penalties, and for shopping vouchers rather than cash incentives.ConclusionsThis qualitative empirical research has highlighted clear suggestions on how to design health promoting financial incentives to maximise acceptability to the general public. It will also be important to determine the acceptability of health promoting financial incentives in a range of stakeholders, and in particular, those who fund such schemes, and policy-makers who are likely to be involved with the design, implementation and evaluation of health promoting financial incentive schemes.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1409-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups

Giles

Sniehotta

McColl³

et al. 2015

BMC Public Health

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“…Given the financial benefits of smoking cessation among those experiencing hardship, public health efforts have emphasized the money that can be saved by households when quitting smoking (13) and many tobacco control programs have even offered financial incentives for quit efforts (14–17). However, research has shown that an interest in quitting does not always translate into actual quit attempts or smoking abstinence (12).…”

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Tobacco use among low-income housing residents: does hardship motivate quit attempts?

Tucker-Seeley

Selk

Adams

et al. 2015

Cancer Causes Control

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine material hardship among smokers to determine whether such hardship was positively associated with current attempts to quit tobacco use. Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data from the Health in Common (HIC) Study, an observational study to investigate social and physical determinants of cancer risk–related behaviors among residents of low-income housing in three cities in the Boston metropolitan area. In this study, three indicators of hardship were used: food hardship, financial hardship, and material hardship (food and financial hardship combined). Logistic regression models were used to obtain the odds of currently trying to quit among current smokers in the HIC (N=170) across hardship types experienced, adjusting for socio-demographic and psychosocial factors. Results Fully adjusted models revealed no statistically significant association between trying to quit tobacco use and indicators of material hardship: food hardship and financial hardship present (OR =1.33 (0.42–4.2); food hardship and no financial hardship OR = 3.83(0.97–15.13); financial hardship but no food hardship OR = 0.5 (0.1–2.39). Conclusions These findings suggest that even in the presence of material hardship, low-income housing resident tobacco users are not more likely to quit tobacco use; therefore, cessation efforts focused on the financial benefits of quitting may be insufficient to motivate quit attempts among low-income smokers.

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“…En relación con este último aspecto, es importante seña-lar el posible impacto que generan los incrementos en los impuestos en la conducta de los fumadores, es decir, no sólo en la incidencia en la reducción del consumo sino también en la cesación y la disposición al pago. 22 También existen otros aspectos importantes en relación con la percepción de los fumadores y su altruismo respecto del daño del humo a terceros, y que de igual manera interactúa en su conducta respecto de los riesgos de fumar. De acuerdo con la EMTA, 41% de los fumadores que han visto las advertencias sanitarias pensaron en dejar de fumar (47.7% mujeres y 39% hombres).…”

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Quiénes quieren dejar fumar y su disposición a pagar por cesación en Panamá

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Objetivo. Caracterizar el deseo de cesación y disposición al pago por una terapia de abandono de consumo de tabaco. Material y métodos. La fuente de los datos es la Encuesta Mundial de Tabaco en Adultos (EMTA). Se caracterizó la cesación y la disposición al pago mediante variables sociodemográficas (SOD) y socioeconómicas (SES). Se realizaron regresiones logísticas para estimar asociaciones. Resultados. El mayor deseo de cesación se observó en las mujeres, aspecto educativo, empleado no gubernamental e inactivo, zona rural, fumadores ocasionales, ingresos medios y la mayor disposición al pago, en educación, mayores de 60 años, empleado no gubernamental y cuenta propia, zona urbana, fumadores ocasionales e ingreso medio bajo. Conclusiones. Existe una alta relación entre el deseo de abandono y la disposición al pago con las variables SOD y SES. Las terapias de cesación pueden aplicarse en centros de trabajo y exigen un cambio de enfoque en la intervención.

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Money as motivation to quit: A survey of a non-random Australian sample of socially disadvantaged smokers' views of the acceptability of cash incentives

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups

Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups

Tobacco use among low-income housing residents: does hardship motivate quit attempts?

Quiénes quieren dejar fumar y su disposición a pagar por cesación en Panamá

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