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Why we should pay people to stop smoking

  • Written by Mai Frandsen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
imageImmediate cash incentives have been shown to be more effective in helping people quit, and cost us less in the long-run. Sajjad Zabihi/Unsplash

Despite some of the strictest tobacco control policies in the world, recent data shows the decline in smoking in Australia has stalled.

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