An experimental program is described for the reduction of cigarette smoking, using three principles of learning: successive approximations (stimulus hierarchies), counterconditioning, and self-reinforcement. The failure to differentiate between experimental and control groups is discussed in terms of problems of dropouts and observation of extinction effects when treatment elements are withdrawn.
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