A pragmatic trial of e-cigarettes, incentives, and drugs for smoking cessation Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics) Halpern, Scott D., author. Harhay, Michael O., author. Saulsgiver, Kathryn, author. Brophy, Christine, author. Troxel, Andrea B., author. Volpp, Kevin G., author. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Motivation Reward Smoking Cessation -- methods Tobacco Use Cessation Devices Key Findings. In a trial examining five approaches to smoking cessation among over 6,000 U.S. employees, financial incentives combined with free cessation aids were more effective at getting employees to stop smoking than free cessation aids alone. Specifically, the most effective intervention (free cessation aids plus $600 in redeemable funds) helped 2.9% of participants stop smoking through six months after their target quit date; this rate jumped to 12.7% among participants who actively engaged in the trial and were more motivated to quit. For employees with access to usual care (information and a free motivational text messaging service), offering free cessation aids or electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) did not help them quit smoking. Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. Pragmatic Clinical Trial Technical Report Text Illustrations Portraits 1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 unnumbered pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101731601-pdf 101731601 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101731601 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0