Caught him smoking several times. If a kid is determined then how to you get through to him?
2006-08-27 12:51:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
My mother didn't make me smoke a whole pack, as is often the suggestion. She threw me her pack of cigarettes and said, "I don't think you really know how to smoke. Show me." I smoked one in front of her and never again.
That was because my reason for smoking was to sneak around behind her back and even hurt her. So, when she admitted that she knew what I was doing, it took the wind out of my sails, so to speak.
2006-08-27 15:28:31 · answer #1 · answered by midlandsharon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you smoke yourself? If you do you can forget about it. If he thinks he is old enough to smoke tell him he is old enough to earn his keep. If he has an allowance take it away, why give him money to see him burn money up in smoke as it damages him. However at 16 he is probably too far gone, thats less than 2 years away from being an adult.
2006-08-27 14:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i started smoking when i was about 16 and the only thing that stopped me was i had all privileges taken away from me. no TV. no going out, no spending money for a month. the second time i got caught i lost privileges for 2 months never did it again after that
2006-08-27 16:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by mandypandy170 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend whose little brother kept getting caught. HIs dad made him smoke one cigarette after another til he puked all over himself. To this day (10 yrs later) he STILL looks sick when someone smokes around him. I'm sure someone here will say that's abuse but it got the point across to him that's for sure.
2006-08-27 14:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kid is a kid is a kid. If he/she is going to smoke they are going to smoke. There isn't much you're going to do to stop them. I myself have a daughter and she HAS ashma. Well you'd think she would never even think of smoking, BUT she does smoke and she started under peer pressure as she thought/thinks it is cool. BUT If you showed your son some pictures of people who had/have cancer he might re-think his habits. Like maybe a woman who has lost her breast to breast cancer, or someone who has lost his voice box because of throat cancer. These might work. But he most likely won't stop. Smoking or should I say quitting smoking is done only by a person who wants to quit.
2006-08-27 13:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, my mom bought me a pack of cigarettes, sat me down, and told me to smoke the whole pack right there... i didn't get very far! The smell of cigarette smoke still makes me sick!
2006-08-27 13:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by mommymoore06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a gas station and buy a big carton of cigarettes witht he mentol in it sit him down and make him smoke the whole thing till he gets sick of it if he stops halfway through problem solved if he finishes the whole box face it he is a smoker
2006-08-27 12:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by wllshtt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What my dad did worked and I am 15.
He tugged at his belt and told me if there is ever a next time, there will be more than one butt smoking in our house. Yikes!
2006-08-27 14:43:13 · answer #8 · answered by Lori 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually its a cigar you want to do this with , see the thing is your not supposed to inhale a ciger but you son doesn't know that! what you do is make him smoke (and inhale) the whole ciger , he'll be soo sick he'll never smoke again!! Be ready for him to puke though!!
2006-08-27 13:11:02 · answer #9 · answered by leylu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Offer to smoke with him and his buddies and tell him you think it is cool. He won't want to do anything that the parents approve of, think is cool or want to do with him.
2006-08-27 14:45:48 · answer #10 · answered by therego2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋