How do you convince someone to stop smoking?
February 19th, 2011
My friend WANTS to stop
But he wants me to help him and Im not sure how to.
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Show him pictures of what happens to people who smoke.
(yellow teeth, black lungs, etc.)
You can only support him in his decision. Encourage him to continue trying to stop even when he feels desperate for a smoke. You can’t convince someone else to stop smoking. It is a decision they must make for themselves.
tell them they’ll go to hell.
Go to him and tell him that if he wants you to help him, whatever you do should be kosher, no matter how bad it pissed him off, related to smoking of course. if you spend a lot of time with him every time you see him smoke, take it out of his mouth and put it out. if you see him and he smells like smoke, ask him for his cigarettes and destroy them (put them in water, rip them up, it doesnt matter), bring up the problem in conversation over time, and hopefully it will help. From personal experience, there is no such thing as “quitting” you either smoke or you don’t. The hardest cigarettes not to have is the one that is available months after stopping.
Good luck
Guilt.
I went through the same ordeal. In my pack of smokes was a letter with only a few words in them: “Parents, Kids, Wife.” Forces me the put the pack back into my pocket. It was hard and at times I almost smoked and finally succumbed to my pressure. And it was just disgusting. After that I managed to quit. Hope that helps.
They have many stop smoking clinics he could go to or he can use the nicotine patch. Many of the costs are subsidized now since they won the lawsuits against the tobacco companies that will help him kick the habit.
well, i always hate the idea of smoking when i picture my enemy smoking with me… ewwww.
You can’t convince anyone to stop smoking, it’s entirely up to them, however once they begin you can certainly support them with self confidence, even little gifts now and then that tells them how much you care, even if they don’t quit the first time. Good luck
You can’t convince, but you can support. That’s all you can do is encourage and support.
My friend just found out she has lung cancer. She quit cold turkey.
That will do it. Nothing else did.
I began smoking at the age of 15 and finally quit for good at the age of 57 (a year ago), when I was at a pack a day. Even tho’ all the experts say you have to go cold turkey, I think that just increases the craving. This is how I did it. Every time I wanted a cigarette, I only smoked half of it. So, I immediately cut my intake in half. After a few weeks of doing that (gives your body time to adjust to less nicotine), I would only take about 4 puffs, put it out and save it for the next craving. After a few weeks of that, I went to 2 puffs, then one puff (where one cigarette could last me a day or two). My body gradually got used to doing without the nicotine and I got to a point where I said, “when this pack is done, I’m not buying anymore”. That was a year ago. Recently, I stayed with my son, who smokes, and took a drag off his cigarette. I didn’t like the taste and it hurt my throat. If I can do it, you can do it, because I loved smoking!!!