Open AccessMotivational Interviewing for Cessation of Tobacco Pandemic: A Review
Author(s) -
Vinamrata Kapoor,
A. Arun Kumar,
BC Manjunath,
Vipul Yadav,
Bhavna Sabbarwal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
saudi journal of oral and dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-1300
pISSN - 2518-1297
DOI - 10.36348/sjodr.2022.v07i01.002
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , ambivalence , habit , tobacco use , interview , pandemic , smoking cessation , psychology , covid-19 , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , political science , psychiatry , psychological intervention , population , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Tobacco consumption takes away millions of lives worldwide each year. Several approaches have been adopted to curb this tobacco pandemic. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a technique that amalgamates several theories of behavior change and models of psychotherapy to overcome the ambivalence of these tobacco users, to motivate them to quit the habit. This article bestows an overview of MI, its principles, core skills, and essential strategies, explicating its application for tobacco cessation.