Precontemplation in Smoking Cessation: Harm Reduction and Physiological Risks

Precontemplation in Smoking Cessation: Harm Reduction and Physiological Risks

1. Introduction Encountering a patient who is not interested in stopping smoking represents a common and critical clinical scenario, known within behavioral psychology as the precontemplation stage of change. During this phase, the individual does not acknowledge that their behavior is problematic or lacks any immediate intention to alter their tobacco use in the foreseeable … Read more