Deposit-Based Financial-Incentive Programs for Smoking Cessation are Superior to Reward-Based Programs

Sources: NYTimes, NPR, Time, Reuters, USNews, NBC, May 13, 2015 Scott Halpern led a study demonstrating that deposit-based, financial-incentive programs for smoking cessation lead to higher abstinence rates after six months than reward-based, financial incentive programs among smokers who would accept participation in either type of program.