Dan has a problem with smoking. if dan were in the stage of change, the best stage-matched intervention would be to inform him about the dangers of continuing this unhealthy behavior. however, if he were in the stage, you would do well to provide him with training in specific skills that can him to actually stop smoking. contemplation/precontemplation precontemplation/contemplation preparation/contemplation precontemplation/preparation

If Dan were in the pre-contemplation stage of change, the best intervention is to inform him of dangers of continuing to smoke. This is because Dan has not yet identified that he wants to quit smoking. If he is in the preparation stage, it would be helpful to provide him with skills and tools to help him quit smoking. In the contemplation stage, he has decided that he wants t quit, and is getting ready to take action to do so. To do this, he needs specific skills to stop smoking.