Smoking holds the potential for generating a broad range of negative consequences.
Recognizing the actual or potential seriousness of some of those consequences, you may be inclined to modify your smoking in one of two ways. On the one hand, you might opt to become smoke-free as soon as possible. On the other hand, you may prefer to significantly reduce the amount you smoke at this time with the intention of making a further effort to become completely smoke-free at a later date. The structure of our efforts will reflect an appreciation of the numerous and complex reasons why any one smoker, most likely including yourself, lights up. Mirroring an appreciation of that complexity, the professional literature in the area of smoking cessation has, on the basis of a substantial amount of research, long recommended that multiple treatment techniques be utilized in cessation efforts rather than banking on the effectiveness of any one approach.