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Restricted environmental stimulation and smoking cessation: a 15-year progress report
1Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The International Journal of the Addictions
|August 1, 1990
Summary
Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) effectively aids smoking cessation by significantly lowering relapse rates. This safe, well-tolerated method shows synergistic potential with other treatments, despite limited practitioner adoption.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Psychology
- Addiction Treatment
- Health Psychology
Background:
- Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) was first documented for smoking cessation in 1972.
- Nearly two dozen studies have since explored REST's efficacy in smoking cessation.
- REST has demonstrated consistent positive outcomes and synergistic effects with other treatments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the efficacy of REST for smoking cessation.
- To address concerns regarding the limited adoption of REST by practitioners.
- To highlight REST's unique benefit in reducing smoking relapse rates.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on REST for smoking cessation.
- Analysis of REST's effectiveness compared to other cessation methods.
- Exploration of barriers to REST's clinical implementation.
Main Results:
- REST significantly reduces relapse rates in individuals quitting smoking.
- REST is a safe, well-tolerated intervention with no known adverse side effects.
- REST enhances the effectiveness of other smoking cessation modalities.
Conclusions:
- REST is a highly effective, safe, and well-tolerated method for smoking cessation.
- REST's primary advantage lies in its ability to substantially decrease relapse rates.
- Further investigation into practitioner concerns may facilitate wider acceptance and implementation of REST.