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A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence
Tobacco consumption is a pressing global issue, leading to more than five million deaths each year. In South Africa, the smoking prevalence rate is stubbornly high, implying that a successful smoking cessation programme could have large social benefits, particularly if it targets young smokers. Cont...
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| description | Tobacco consumption is a pressing global issue, leading to more than five million deaths each year. In South Africa, the smoking prevalence rate is stubbornly high, implying that a successful smoking cessation programme could have large social benefits, particularly if it targets young smokers. Contingency management interventions, which provide cash transfers conditional on biochemically-verified abstinence, have been effective in bringing about increased smoking cessation rates. However, contingency management programmes are typically very costly and involve frequent monitoring. This dissertation presents results of randomised controlled trial evaluating a low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme conducted on a sample of treatment-seeking student smokers at the University of Cape Town in 2017. There is a statistically significant treatment effect, that is robust across multiple specifications, which increases the likelihood of abstinence by 13- 20%. In addition, the programme as a whole decreased the smoking intensity of non-abstainers. This study suggests, therefore, that a low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme is efficacious in promoting abstinence amongst treatment-seeking students, and that it should be added to the tobacco control toolkit in South Africa. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/29362 A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence Rusch, Olivia Kincaid, Harold Economics Tobacco consumption is a pressing global issue, leading to more than five million deaths each year. In South Africa, the smoking prevalence rate is stubbornly high, implying that a successful smoking cessation programme could have large social benefits, particularly if it targets young smokers. Contingency management interventions, which provide cash transfers conditional on biochemically-verified abstinence, have been effective in bringing about increased smoking cessation rates. However, contingency management programmes are typically very costly and involve frequent monitoring. This dissertation presents results of randomised controlled trial evaluating a low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme conducted on a sample of treatment-seeking student smokers at the University of Cape Town in 2017. There is a statistically significant treatment effect, that is robust across multiple specifications, which increases the likelihood of abstinence by 13- 20%. In addition, the programme as a whole decreased the smoking intensity of non-abstainers. This study suggests, therefore, that a low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme is efficacious in promoting abstinence amongst treatment-seeking students, and that it should be added to the tobacco control toolkit in South Africa. 2019-02-06T12:36:18Z 2019-02-06T12:36:18Z 2018 2019-02-06T09:23:42Z Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29362 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Rusch, Olivia A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| title_full | A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| title_fullStr | A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| title_short | A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence |
| title_sort | low cost low intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students experimental evidence |
| topic | Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29362 |
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