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Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line Centers for Medicaid Services Striving To Quit Evaluation Project
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Counseling from WTQL and Financial incentive to participate for Smoking and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 1,900 participants.
Detailed Summary
The study is designed to test the hypotheses that financial incentives can increase both participation in smoking cessation treatment and resulting cessation rates, when they are offered to BadgerCare Plus (Medicaid) smokers as part of their health care.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Counseling from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (WTQL) consisted of 5 proactive calls to the participant to help them successfully quit tobacco use, plus ad hoc calls at the participant's initiation; also, WTQL coaches encouraged participants to see their health care provider to obtain Medicaid-approved smoking cessation medications to help them quit smoking.
Participants in the Incentive condition received $30 per call for up to five WTQL calls taken; in addition, Incentive condition participants received $40 for producing biochemical evidence of abstinence at the 6-month follow-up visit. (Note that participants in both the Control condition and the Incentive condition received $40 for completing the baseline biochemical smoking status assessment visit and $40 for completing the 6-month follow-up biochemical smoking status assessment visit.) Compensation was in the form of prepaid Visa gift cards mailed approximately 2-4 weeks after the point of contact.