How can I convince someone I love to stop smoking?
You can’t convince them! Smoking is an addiction and the smoker is the only one to do the quitting. What you can do is love them no matter what. In the case of drinking you’d have to separate yourself from the danger of violence but the harmful effects of smoking (second-hand) have been seriously overrated. Try to stop alcohol sales and you’d have a war! We are constantly bombarded with pollutants and smoking is actually a minor one. The big industrial polluters should catch your attention but don’t buy into the hype of second-hand smoke. Be glad it is smoking because there are many things much worse for health. I’d rather be with a smoker who loves me than a non-smoker addicted to crime, illegal drugs, alcohol or worse. This won’t be a popular answer but it is my opinion and the rights of smokers should be heard. Smokers are victims of everyone’s anger at the moment. Next decade or century it will be something different. Smoking is LEGAL. Too much sugar and fat promote diabetes and ob
…You need a lot of time and patience, especially depending on how long the person’s been smoking. My boyfriend’s been smoking since he was about 9 years old, and I’ve wanted him to quit smoking for more than a year now. I don’t think you can really convince someone to quit smoking. I think you have to tell him/her you’d like him/her to quit smoking. Then he/she has to decide whether he/she wants to or not. Let him/her know that you’re there for him/her. Let him/her know you’re understanding and willing to help in any way you can. Don’t push it. It will take time. Don’t be upset if he/she has trouble quitting- he/she most likely will. DON’T get upset if he/she has a relapse. Always make sure to be as understanding and patient as possible.
I started smoking at 10 yrs old because the rest of my family did it. Then when I hit 30 I promised myself that I would give up by the time I’m 40 and starting experimenting with different quitting methods (Patches, Gum, Paul McKenna, Alan Carr and so on. It was a long term plan and no single quitting method worked. In the end it was a combination of several. I eventually stopped 5.5yrs ago after a course of acupuncture but it wasn’t the needles. I was ready to give up and I stopped smoking as soon as I came out of the first session. The acupuncture was just a way of closing a door behind me on that part of my life. It cost £135 plus the extra money for the pills they give you as part of the course. I have never looked back. I am now in my 43rd year and I have no cravings at all. I didn’t want to look old. My first marriage had failed and I knew I wanted to attract another female partner. The person I actually got together with was and still is a smoker. She has promised yet again to g
You can’t. I’ve only been smoking for six years, but my mother has begged me to quit since day one. My boyfriend smokes more than me, but started after me. We recently discussed quitting, and the idea terrifies me. The point is, only the smoker can make that decision. Pressure from outsiders translates to the smoker as yet another form of stress (which smoking relieves). Whenever someone lectures me on quitting, all I can think about is how much I would love a cigarette. I am thinking about quitting, though…it costs so much money.
it’s so hard to get people to quit smoking… my grandpa died in September from lung cancer due to smoking and my parents still smoke even though he died slowly and painfully. It didn’t work for them, but face them with some reality that smoking kills so many people and it would be so easy for them to just become a statistic and how much you’re worried about them and how much their smoking affects you, especially if they should become sick.
