Most cessation content is written for the person who has already decided to quit. That is one stage out of ten. Answer six questions to find yours – then read the complete map of all ten stages.
The framework below draws on two established models: Prochaska’s stages of change and Kübler-Ross’s grief stages. The combination is deliberate. Quitting tobacco is, for many long-term users, a genuine loss – and the grief stages appear in the quit process whether or not anyone names them. Naming them is what makes them workable.
Start with the six questions below. Two minutes. You will find out exactly where you are – and what that stage specifically needs.