How Do You Help Someone Quit Smoking?
If you know someone who wants to quit smoking, it can be difficult to know how to offer help quitting smoking without making the situation more tense and stressful. It can be even harder if you have never been a smoker and don’t know how hard it can be to quit smoking. But with the right support, anyone can offer quit smoking help to the people they care about. Keep your conversation topics away from smoking cessation. The more you talk about it, the more the smoker will have smoking on his or her mind. To really help with smoking cessation, mention it as little as possible. The key is to distract the smoker from smoking rather than to remind them that they are not smoking. Offer specific distractions if your loved one isn’t actively engaging in them. If they mention having trouble with avoiding smoking at certain times of day, suggest activities during those times. You might take a morning walk with them to help them stop smoking in the morning, engage them in a board game or movie-wa
