R9,000 reward makes good case against smoking
15 May 2015 - 13:59
If you want your spouse to stop smoking‚ pay them at least R9000. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine‚ showed that employees of the US pharmaceutical franchise CVS were three times more likely to quit smoking when rewarded with $800 than those who didn't get cash.More than 2500 people‚ who smoked at least five cigarettes a day and had some interest in quitting‚ were recruited for the study.
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