what can i do to stop my friend from encouraging me to smoke cigarettes. Tell me can one gain anything?

Question

what can i do to stop my friend from encouraging me to smoke cigarettes. Tell me can one gain anything by smoking cigarettes.
If given food and cigarettes which one should be preferred

Answer 1

are you serious? if they were your real friend, then they wouldn't be trying to slowly kill you.
you gain nothing from smoking cigarettes, except yellow teeth and cancer

Answer 2

Maybe you should tell your friend why you don't want to smoke.
1. It looks juvenile, like a kid trying to be "cool."
2. It gives you bad breath.
3. It gives you wrinkles and brown teeth.
4. It damages your lungs and makes it harder for you to do fun things like play sports, dance all night at nightclubs, and generally enjoy yourself.
5. It costs money which would be better spent on things you ejnoy.

Those are just the beginning. If your friend won't listen, maybe the two of you should take some time off so he/she can realize that the encouragement is just annoying.

Answer 3

(current smoker)
Tell your friend how you feel about smoking, if you don't want to smoke tell her/him why not, be honest about it. If your friend is a smoker think of why they are trying to pressure you into smoking. Do you tell him or her that it is bad for them to smoke? If so the reason they might be telling you to smoke is because you tell them its wrong and they feel weird smoking around you. Let your friend know u don't mind that they smoke but its just not for you.
Between food and cigarettes the better choice..... Food can probably be just as deadly as cigarettes if abused, obesity, heart failure, high cholesterol..... in my opinion don't let food be an alternate addiction like cigarettes is for your friend.

Answer 4

If you find out, tell me. My dad had a stroke (because of smoking) and is now confined to a wheelchair with lost use of his left hand. The minute he came home from a three month hospital stay he started smoking again. Nothing's worked thus far.

Answer 5

Take the food. Cigarettes give you bad breath, lung cancer, yellow nails and teeth, and you can't get a girl/boy to kiss you because they hate smokers. Atleast the reasonable types hate smokers. Don't let your "friend" pressure you into anything. IF he/she can't respect your wishes when you say no he/she is not a friend anyway. Get new friends.

Answer 6

There are no benefits to smoking! Have you tried telling your friend to stop encouraging you?

Think about Dana Reeve, who never smoked and died from lung cancer. My father got lung cancer eventhough he quit about 25 years ago. I could go on, but you probably know all the disadvantages to smoking!

Stand by your convictions!

Answer 7

Simply tell him that with friends like him you don't need enemies. just because he is chosing to pay ridiculous amounts of money to kill himself does not mean that he should try to get you to do the same. There is absolutely nothing to gain from smoking. NOTHING!!

Answer 8

I know this is absurd, but if you just smoked your friend would stop encouraging you. Heck, that's one way.

Answer 9

Your friend is NOT your friend. A true friend doesn't ask you to do things that are harmful to you... tell her that. I have smoked for over 20 years and there is no quitting. Do yourself a favor and find a new friend.

Answer 10

Try one...Gag your guts out, possibly puking. Get a pounding headache. Your mouth tastes like crap and now you stink, your hair, your clothes, your breath. Sound like a good time to you?? Do you see anything to gain here??