Breaking down a habit like smoking into specific instances allows for targeted interventions for each instance.

“you might find that like for the morning commute maybe instead of having a cigarette um you know you come up with something else that you can do on the morning commute while you're that fulfills that you know um that desire maybe maybe even just a cup of coffee is what wakes you up instead of a cigarette but that may not work for the 10 30 session with your friend maybe there you actually need like an e-cigarette to start because you want to have the socialization of feeling like you're smoking with a friend”

“I think it's helpful to divide it into the specific instances in which it happens so you know we kind of lump smoking into a single habit but the truth is it actually might be a collection of like a dozen habits throughout the day it might be that you have a habit of smoking when you get in your car for the morning commute and then you also have a habit of smoking around 10 30 when you take a break with your co-worker and then you also have a habit of smoking um you know after dinner on your porch and all three of those are going to have their own cue craving response and reward and so you in a sense you kind of have to intervene in like 12 different places to try to come up with a solution for each one of those”

“so you might find that like for the morning commute maybe instead of having a cigarette um you know you come up with something else that you can do on the morning commute while you're that fulfills that you know um that desire maybe maybe even just a cup of coffee is what wakes you up instead of a cigarette but that may not work for the 10:30 session with your friend maybe there you actually need like an ecigarette to start um because you want to have the socialization of feeling like you're smoking with a friend”