Practitioner style as ‘Supportive but Not Like Lecture‐y’
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The therapeutic style was an important factor in facilitating perceived smoking behaviour change. Rapport may have been enhanced as practitioners delivering the integrated intervention were experienced in promoting a therapeutic environment. Building ‘general rapport’ is included as an intervention component in Michie et al.'sThe importance of the therapeutic alliance to promote behaviour change is consistent with past research showing that the strength of the therapeutic alliance predicted reduced cannabis use in young people at 3‐ and 6‐month follow‐up assessments.