ISSN: 2642-6250
Authors: Asmaa MM*
Smoking cessation or reduction is not only could reduce the premature aging, disabilities and deaths, but also could improve the quality of life of smokers [1]. Personal trials to quit smoking usually fail during the first few days mainly due to withdrawal symptoms such as impaired concentration, headache, and nervousness. Unfortunately, all the available licensed pharmacological products of smoking cessations showed many undesirable side effects. Hence, the need for complementary non pharmacological safe and affordable interventions was necessary. In September, 2022, IJHSR includes the original research article conducted by Asmaa Mahmoud Mohammed, MD and Adel Hashish, PhD, that examined a Novel non pharmacological Smoking Cessation method called COL Approach or Asmaa Approach on random sample of Egyptian smokers [2]. The most interesting aspect of this unique Egyptian study is that it included an integrated non pharmacological treatment strategy for quitting smoking, as it used triple interventions. I think that the corner stone in this approach was the frequent interpersonal behavioral counseling with emphasis on Stress management and resiliency strategies. As the interpersonal counseling has been used both groups; the intervention group and the control group, the complementary role of ready-made oat seeds meal in combination with the aromatherapy inhalation device became clear and obvious.
Keywords: Stress Management; Smoking Cessation; Quality of Life
