Behavioral Activation Intervention to Smoking Cessation and to Post-Cessation Weight Gain

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A smoking cessation program. The goal of the BAS+ is to maintain a level of overall reward after cessation by structuring and enhancing opportunities for reinforcement to: ensure that not smoking is as reinforcing as smoking; and prevent an over-reliance on food as a substitute reinforcer for smoking so that post-cessation weight gain does not precipitate smoking relapse.

**Synonyms:** - BAS+