“…To date, 15 studies have evaluated the effectiveness of deposit contracting to promote smoking abstinence (Bowers, Winett, & Frederiksen, ; Dallery, Meredith, & Glenn, ; Elliot & Tighe, ; Gine, Karlan, & Zinman, ; Halpern et al, ; Jeffery, Pheley, Forster, Kramer, & Snell, ; Lando, , ; Paxton, , , ; Singh & Leung, ; Spring, Sipich, Trimble, & Goeckner, ; White, Dow, & Rungruanghiranya, ; Winett, ), but most were published over two decades ago. Collectively, these studies suggest that deposit contracting is feasible and may increase cessation.…”