2023 Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 70-81
Under the supervision of a senior fellow specialist of MI for Tobacco Control who specializes in Motivational Interviewing (MI), two case studies were conducted with two smokers, Smoker A and Smoker B. The online interviews used MI, which is a method known to be effective for smoking cessation. The verbatim transcripts of the interviews were reviewed with the aim of clarifying how the content of the conversations affected the two cases that followed the process of starting and continuing smoking cessation. The method involved conducting five interviews over approximately three months using MI, followed by supervision sessions for reflection and preparation before each subsequent interview.
The results showed that conversations aimed at establishing a relationship by linking the smoker’s important values to smoking cessation through the “engagement process” and eliciting reasons for the persistent ambivalence towards quitting smoking facilitated change talk and increased confidence levels. The supervision played a role in structuring the interviews, preparing for individualized maintenance talk, and improving subsequent interviews based on individual needs. In the future, it is necessary to accumulate data that includes cases where smoking cessation was not achieved and extract factors influencing smoking cessation.
