My mom is 57 and shes been smoking for 40 years. I try so hard to try to get her to stop. i dont want to watch her kill herself cause i will kill myself.. How do I get her to stop? It seems i tried everything. Please dont tell me i cant.
2006-06-25 11:05:36 · 16 answers · asked by Baby Jack born 4/5/09 4 in Health ➔ Women's Health
TO TAROTPETE: I should fu** you up.
2006-06-25 11:14:48 · update #1
Oh mind your own ******* business.
2006-06-25 11:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You may have better luck if you work downwards. If you pressure her to stop all at once, she will probably not be able to. Smoking has several parts, all of them habits, that make it very hard to stop. First of all, smokers tend to smoke more when they're stressed, so when you pressure her to quit, you're adding stress and making it more difficult. She knows the risks, and she knows you want her to stop, so work out a compromise. Start out by making certain times or places non smoking. She can smoke in these two rooms (not where the tv is or where there is a comfortable place to sit). That way, she'll have to go there to smoke. Secondly, she can't carry her cigarettes with her, they are only to be in the cupboard in the kitchen (which isn't one of her smoking places, by the way. If you are going in the car, she has to let you carry her cigarettes, and she gets one on the way, and one while you're there. You might also get her some nicotine lozenges, so if she's watching something she really likes and would want to smoke, instead of leaving the show to smoke, she can use a lozenge. After time, she'll be able to longer and longer without a cigarette. She might never quit altogether, but you can help her cut back a lot. Remember to keep telling her positive things when she's not smoking and not hammering negative things at her when she is. Don't judge her, help her.
Good Luck
2006-06-25 11:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by Ice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most important thing is that your mom have the desire to stop smoking for herself, not you. Call your local Cancer Society and ask them to send you some information about the subject. All you can do is give it to your mom and tell her that because you love her, you want her to be around for a long time and that statistics show that smoking shortens ones life and increases the likelihood of respiratory illnesses. You might try taking her to a local long term care facility where there are many people on oxygen and so depleted physically that they are in wheel chairs. Many health care agencies put on Health Fairs in local communities. Try taking her to one of those. There are usually nurses manning tables or booths to promote smoking cessation.
2006-06-25 11:18:35 · answer #3 · answered by ladyBgood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem except for my mom is 37 and she's been smoking since she was 13, i've talked 2 her but it's hard 2 get her 2 listen because she's done it soo long she can't stop, try getting info online about lung cancer and how it's caused and some facts about smoking and print them off for her
2006-06-25 11:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by Kim Raz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides telling her that you want her to be around to enjoy her grandchildren and to give you advice on becoming a wife and mother and that you love her and need her in your life.....share this with her:
Quitting smoking makes a difference right away - you can taste and smell food better. Your breath smells better. Your cough goes away. This happens for men and women of all ages, even those who are older. It happens for healthy people as well as those who already have a disease or condition caused by smoking.
Quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, other lung diseases, and other respiratory illnesses.
Ex-smokers have better health than current smokers. Ex-smokers have fewer days of illness, fewer health complaints, and less bronchitis and pneumonia than current smokers.
Quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker, who pays $2 per pack can, expect to save more than $700 per year. It appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting.
GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!
2006-06-25 11:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by unsersmyboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the health dept or children's museum in your area they have smoke cessation programs. I saw one were they used a lung of a animal and they showed the difference between a clean lung and one filled with smoke. Maybe you can take her to something like that
2006-06-25 11:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by familiaone1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are advertisement on TV I saw that helps you stop smoking so watch TV and find the advertisement about how to quit smoking.
2006-06-25 11:11:15 · answer #7 · answered by BALANCER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First get an empty mayo jar av. in size (I mean not the small kind and not the big kind) fill it with molasses about 1/2 inch from the top. Tell her that that is what is in a pack a day for one year smoker. Its true I saw it at my college. I will pray for you and her.
2006-06-25 11:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by OneHeart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only she can make herself quit. :(
My mom smoked off and on from when she was 16, and on from when she was 18. She died from terminal emphysema when she was 49 - almost 6 years ago. She would have turned 55 on the 17th. :(
2006-06-25 11:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by heaven25star 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean my mom just stop try this.
1) try talking to her tell her it's because you care.
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2006-06-25 12:35:53 · answer #10 · answered by mexicoroxs1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know smoking is a bad habit, stinky, and leads to cancer, etc, but i think you should respect your mom's decision to smoke. if she wants to stop smoking, then help her stop, but if she wants to keep smoking, don't harp on her about it. enjoy your time with her.
2006-06-25 11:10:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋