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Direct linkRomanowich, Paul; Lamb, R. J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Contingent incentives can reduce substance abuse. Escalating payment schedules, which begin with a small incentive magnitude and progressively increase with meeting the contingency, increase smoking abstinence. Likewise, descending payment schedules can increase cocaine abstinence. The current experiment enrolled smokers without plans to quit in…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Smoking, Incentives, Outcomes of Treatment
