Social and Monetary Incentives for Smoking Cessation at Large Employers (SMILE)
December 3, 2020 updated by: University of California, Berkeley
The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of several behavioral interventions for smoking cessation among a sample of employees at large workplaces in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
The study aims to test the impacts of different incentive structures for smoking cessation on take-up, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness.
The interventions are designed to elucidate certain principles from the field of behavioral economics.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
4190
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Bangkok, Thailand
- Mahidol University
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Current full-time employee of a participating company
- Smoker of 100+ cigarettes during lifetime
- Smoker of 10+ cigarettes per week
- Individual is aged 18+ years old
- Smoker wants to quit within the next 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Expects to leave company within the next 12 months
- Is currently pregnant
- Are unable to provide informed consent
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Usual Care
Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
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Experimental: Deposits
Same as Usual Care, plus participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money as an incentive to quit smoking.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money at enrollment.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount during the intervention period.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
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Experimental: Small Individual Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
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Experimental: Large Individual Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The bonus is twice the value of that in the Small Individual Bonus group.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The bonus is twice the value of that in the Small Individual Bonus group.
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Experimental: Team Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus each participant will be randomly assigned one teammate to provide social support during the quit attempt.
If the participant and assigned teammate both quit smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test, then each will receive a monetary bonus.
The team bonus is equal in value to that in the Large Individual Bonus group.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Each participant will be randomly assigned one teammate to provide social support during the quit attempt.
Each participant will be assigned to a participating coworker who speaks the same primary language and works the same work shift as the participant.
If the participant and assigned teammate both quit smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test, then each will receive a monetary bonus.
The team bonus is equal in value to that in the Large Individual Bonus group.
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Experimental: Deposits plus Small Individual Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus the participant will follow the protocol for deposits as described for the Deposits group and will follow the protocol for the monetary bonus as described for the Small Individual Bonus group.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money at enrollment.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount during the intervention period.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
Each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
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Experimental: Deposits plus Large Individual Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus the participant will follow the protocol for deposits as described for the Deposits group and will follow the protocol for the monetary bonus as described for the Large Individual Bonus group.
|
Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money at enrollment.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount during the intervention period.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
Each participant will receive a monetary bonus from the study investigators if he or she quit smoking, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The bonus is twice the value of that in the Small Individual Bonus group.
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Experimental: Deposits plus Teammate
Same as Usual Care, plus the participant will follow the protocol for deposits as described for the Deposits group and will be randomly assigned one other participant to serve as a teammate who provides social support during the quit attempt.
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Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money at enrollment.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount during the intervention period.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
Each participant will be randomly assigned one teammate to provide social support during the quit attempt.
Each participant will be assigned to a participating coworker who speaks the same primary language and works the same work shift as the participant.
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|
Experimental: Deposits plus Team Bonus
Same as Usual Care, plus the participant will follow the protocol for deposits as described for the Deposits group, will be randomly assigned a teammate, and will follow the protocol for the monetary bonus as described for the Team Bonus group.
|
Participants will receive in-person group counseling from a trained smoking cessation counselor.
Participants will learn about reasons to quit smoking, strategies for quitting smoking, and additional resources available to support the quit attempt.
Participants will also complete a quit plan.
Participants will have to deposit a certain amount of their own money at enrollment.
Participants will be able to make additional voluntary deposits above the minimum amount during the intervention period.
The participant will be refunded all deposits if he quits smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
The participant will forfeit all deposits if he continues to smoke at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test.
Each participant will be randomly assigned one teammate to provide social support during the quit attempt.
Each participant will be assigned to a participating coworker who speaks the same primary language and works the same work shift as the participant.
If the participant and assigned teammate both quit smoking at 3 months, as verified by a urine cotinine test, then each will receive a monetary bonus.
The team bonus is equal in value to that in the Large Individual Bonus group.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Proportion of Participants With Smoking Abstinence at 12 Months
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment
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7-day point prevalence of abstinence measured 12 months after enrollment using self-reported abstinence and urine cotinine test results
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12 months after enrollment
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Proportion of Participants With Smoking Abstinence at 3 Months
Time Frame: 3 months after enrollment
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7-day point prevalence of abstinence measured 3 months after enrollment based on self-reported abstinence and urine cotinine test results
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3 months after enrollment
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Program Acceptance
Time Frame: At 0 months (at enrollment)
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Proportion of eligible smokers who consent to participate in the main intervention
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At 0 months (at enrollment)
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Proportion of Participants With Smoking Abstinence at 6 Months
Time Frame: 6 months after enrollment
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7-day point prevalence of abstinence measured 6 months after enrollment based on self-reported abstinence and urine cotinine test results
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6 months after enrollment
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: William H. Dow, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Publications and helpful links
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Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start
April 1, 2015
Primary Completion (Actual)
August 1, 2017
Study Completion (Actual)
August 1, 2017
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
April 15, 2015
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
April 15, 2015
First Posted (Estimate)
April 20, 2015
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
December 30, 2020
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 3, 2020
Last Verified
December 1, 2020
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- UCaliforniaBerkeley
- 5R01DA035384 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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