Would you quit for cash?
The government and local authorities are always looking for new ways to help smokers to quit the habit, and one way that is being piloted in some NHS Trusts is using financial incentives to give up smoking. Earlier this year Professor Julian Le Grand, who is chairman of Health England and an advisor to the government on health issues, said that using incentives for quitting smoking and other health related lifestyle changes such as reducing alcohol intake and healthy eating, could make a big impact. The vouchers could be exchanged for wellbeing-related things like healthy food or activities such as gym membership. They obviously couldn’t be used for purchasing cigarettes or alcohol!
There are already schemes like this running in other countries, such as Germany, where contributions for social insurance (NI) are reduced if people go to classes for smoking cessation. The UK pilot schemes are in their early stages at the moment, and there is as yet no word on their effectiveness in increasing quitting rates, but more NHS trusts are being urged to give financial incentives a go. This is a totally different way of working than the usual negative incentive method of increasing prices through added tax.
Keep your eye out for schemes such as this in the future!
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