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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2019 Feb;16(2):280-282.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201808-574RL.

Financial Incentives Promote Smoking Cessation Directly, Not by Increasing Use of Cessation Aids

Michael O Harhay  1   2 , Andrea B Troxel  3 , Christine Brophy  4 , Kathryn Saulsgiver  1 , Kevin G Volpp  1 , Scott D Halpern  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Financial Incentives Promote Smoking Cessation Directly, Not by Increasing Use of Cessation Aids

Michael O Harhay et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Mediation analysis of the effect of free cessation aids and e-cigarettes on intervention efficacy. Indirect, direct, and total effects (reported on the log-odds scale) were estimated using the ldecomp package in Stata, with bootstrapped confidence intervals (7). The approach uses two methods to estimate the indirect and direct effect and then averages these into a single ratio (see Reference for additional details). The indirect effect quantifies the portion of each intervention’s comparative effectiveness that is mediated by the indicated set of mediators. The direct effect quantifies the portion of each intervention’s comparative effectiveness that is not explained by the mediation mode. Cessation aid use was quantified as the number of orders for any form of free cessation aids. E-cigarette use was quantified as the number of e-cigarette cartridges ordered. CI = confidence interval.
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