Outcome data on smoking cessation has emphasized that most people have difficulty not in quitting smoking, but in maintaining cessation. An attempt was made to develop a more meaningful typology of relapse-promoting situations using a sample of 183 exsmokers who called a telephone hotline seeking help to stay away from cigarettes. Two higher order clusters emerged from the cluster analysis of their responses: a positive affect situation in which self-indulgence was prominent, and a negative affect situation characterized by high levels of stress and feeling of anxiety and depression. The most homogeneous subtype of exsmoker occurred when the individual was faced with smoking-related stimuli in social drinking situations. The typology of smoking motivations suggests that the enhancements of positive affects and dimunition affects are major motivators for smoking. (Author/JAC)