An older cowboy-styled man smoking outside a bar while two women walk past

Reduce smoking graduallySMOKING IS COOL!
OR NOT?

Want to smoke less or gradually work toward quitting? Log your cigarettes, set your target and follow a gradual reduction plan. Fewer cigarettes do not make smoking safe.

Notice the pattern,
not just the cigarette.

Smoking can become attached to particular moments of the day until the next cigarette feels almost automatic. Start by noticing what an ordinary day actually looks like, then decide what you want to change.

Know your real baseline.

Count an ordinary day, including the cigarettes that barely feel like a decision anymore.

Reduce in visible steps.

A gradual reduction plan can be a way to work toward smoking less or eventually reaching zero.

Notice what triggers the next one.

Coffee breaks, driving, after meals, work or evenings can become part of the pattern. Timing matters too.

20 cigarettes today.
0 in 180 days.

Reduce.Care works out the path between them and tells you when the next one fits the plan. If real life changes the day, log what happened and keep going.

  1. Start at 20.

    Use the amount that reflects an ordinary day.

  2. Aim for 0.

    Choose your target and date. Reduce.Care turns the direction into smaller steps.

  3. Follow NEXT.

    See the next planned opportunity, then log what actually happened. No streak to reset.

Some moments pull harder.
Your plan can reflect them.

Cigarettes are not always spread evenly through the day. Shape the rhythm around when they normally happen instead of pretending every hour is the same.

Fewer cigarettes can add up
to something else too.

Set your current amount, target and date. Add a price only if you want to see the secondary effect: fewer cigarettes bought and money left unspent.

Savings Calculator
Cigarettes avoided —
Potential savings —

Less can be progress.
It is not a safe dose.

There is no safe level of cigarette smoking. Reduce.Care can help you follow a gradual reduction plan, but smoking fewer cigarettes does not make smoking safe.

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Questions about Reduce.Care

Can I set a target of zero cigarettes?

Yes. Choose your starting amount, zero as your target, and your target date. Reduce.Care is a planning tool, not a smoking cessation treatment. See Health & Safety for its limits.

Do I have to quit completely?

You choose your own target and date. A target can mean doing less rather than reaching zero. A reduction plan does not mean that any amount is safe.

What if I use more than planned?

Log what actually happened and keep going. Reduce.Care adapts the plan to reality, without resetting a streak or asking you to start over.

How can I try the app?

Join the public iPhone beta through the TestFlight link in the header. TestFlight is required. The Android phone and Wear OS beta is coming soon.

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