ACE: Avoid, Change, Escape. Strategies for coping with smoking triggers.

Strategy	Helpful statements	Helpful questions
Avoid - staying away from high-risk environments	As smokers prepare or try to quit, it is sometimes helpful to avoid people, places, and events that may tempt them to smoke.	What are the things that trigger you to smoke? Which of these do you think you can avoid over the next week or so?
Change - altering a high-risk situation	Sometimes it's not possible to avoid the things that trigger smoking. But another option is to change the situation, even a little, so that you feel less tempted to smoke.	What are a couple of situations that trigger your smoking but that may be hard to avoid? What can you do to change the situation to make smoking less tempting?
Escape - planning how to excuse oneself from high-risk situations	Sometimes, situations catch you by surprise. Staying in the situation can make it too tempting to smoke. In these cases, another option may be to leave the situation.	Did you find yourself lately in a situation like this? What happened? Would leaving have been an option? What would it be like to leave?

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