If smoking cigarettes is affecting your life and you are thinking about change, you’ve already taken the first step. This guide will help you understand your tobacco use, figure out if you need to modify your smoking, and decide how to deal with the actual process of change. If you are at all concerned about your smoking, this guide is for you.

  • This guide will keep track of your answers during a single session and allow you to print your results whenever you wish during that session.
  • This website will keep no records of your session(s) and your identity will remain anonymous at all times.
  • Your answers are stored only temporarily, and will be erased if you close or refresh your browser.
  • Please allocate approximately 20-30 uninterrupted minutes to complete this guide.
  • Again, your participation will remain anonymous and this website will collect no personal identifying information of any kind.

The button called "My First Step to Change" will open a pop-up window that summarizes your answers to the questions presented. You may click on this button at any time, or at the end of the questions.

Feel free to visit this site as often as you'd like. And if you have any questions, please contact us at basis@basisonline.org. Thank you.