The resurgence of a previously extinguished response can be an undesired result when implementing behavioral interventions in applied settings. The present study evaluated in rats a potential strategy for reducing resurgence, arranging punishment as well as extinction for the initially reinforced response. Ten rats pressed a lever (the B 1 response) that was initially established with food reinforcement, then extinguished. For half of the rats, electric shock punishment was also arranged for the B 1 response. Subsequently, nose poking (B 2 ) was established with food reinforcement, then extinguished. During extinction of B 2 , substantial levels of B 1 responses, that is, of resurgence, were evident in four of five rats not exposed to punishment of the B 2 response. Resurgence was evident in only one of five rats exposed to punishment. These results suggest that arranging concurrent punishment and extinction of inappropriate responding merits attention as a technique for reducing resurgence of that response in applied settings, although this strategy would be viable only if an innocuous and socially acceptable form of punishment proved effective.