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Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.27917

August 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this pilot randomized clinical trial of adults experiencing homelessness, an extended CM intervention was feasible to implement and was associated with higher odds of 7-day PPA than the control condition. These findings suggest that extended CM may be a promising strategy for supporting smoking cessation in this population, but larger trials are needed to confirm efficacy.

Corresponding Author: Dian Gu, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 490 Illinois St, Room 83C, San Francisco, CA 94158 (dian.gu@ucsf.edu).

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