What are some creative ways to persuade my boyfriend to quit smoking?

Question

Something unusual, not just the usual "cancer" lecture. I've already tried that.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Let him know the facts about quitting. Most people just dwell on the negative stuff. Not much is said about the health benefits of quitting.Suppose you are a long-term smoker. What happens when you quit? Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette, your blood pressure will drop to normal. After a week your body will be free of nicotine. After one month your coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath will begin to decrease. After five years your risk of dying from lung cancer will have dropped by 50 percent. After 15 years your risk of coronary heart disease will fall to that of a person who has never smoked at all.Your food will taste better. Your breath, body, and clothing will smell better. You will no longer have the trouble or the expense of buying tobacco. You will have a feeling of accomplishment. If you have children, your example will reduce the likelihood that they will be smokers.
Don't give up trying to encourage him if he desires to quit. Nicotine is highly addictive and smoking is also a behavioral habit as well. With that being said it may be very hard to quit even though he wants to. There may be repeated relapses but continue to encourage and don't be critical. A relapse will make one want to give up but if he keeps trying it can be done. I was a smoker for 20 years and was able to quit after a few months of struggle. After 1 month the nicotine withdrawal will be gone and it will be much easier from there on.

Answer 2

I Dont Think Its A Good Idea Because Parents Be Taking Days Off Just To Be With Their KIds And Some Might Even Start Smoking Just To Get The Paid Time Off So They Could Spend More Time With Their Kids.

Answer 3

The one thing you have to remember is that he is an addict. He will not stop until he feels ready. Trying to stop smoking is very hard. Some people are able to quit cold turkey while others may try 2 to 100 times to quit. Cigerette smoking is more addictive than any drug out there on the market.
As far as ways to handle him, tell him you love him and you want him to be around for a while. Here's another one. You really enjoy kissing him and it would be so much nicer if he didn't have the smoky taste in his mouth. I wouldn't nag or bagger him -- he may decide to not stick around you if he has to hear you bitching at him all the time about his smoking. Good luck!

Answer 4

Its not just the nicotine. Its also the other 50+ chemicals they out in cigarettes. Also the main problem is habit.
We have been used to having body sensations which we translate as 'my body needs something, which we have attempted to satisfy by having a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these 'my body needs something' sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming - nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the 'want something' feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we've had one we still have the feeling, and want another!

Answer 5

It's very hard to try and convince a smoker to quit - they really have to want to do it for themselves. If you continue trying to persuade him, it'll just push him to do it even more.

Answer 6

It's up to him to decide that he wants to quit. Til then, don't bug him too much. The persuasion would have to be pretty harsh to make him really want to quit...
Start flirting with non-smokers. Make him think he could really lose you unless he stops smoking.
Addiction to nicotine is very hard to overcome psychologically as well as physically. He may choose smoking over you, unfortunately.

Answer 7

there are none, it is just like alcoholism..no one will quit until they are ready and they want to..no amount of anything, creative or not, will persuade them to give it up unless they want to

Answer 8

You cant make someone quit even if you really really want them too. They need to do it themselves they are the ones who really want to give it up. Ask him if hes ever thinking of giving it up. just tell him that you love him so much and when hes hurting himself its really hurting you too. Tell him if he cares at all spending the rest of his life with you than he needs to really try hard and want to quit. Than let him come around and make that decsion.

Answer 9

reward with him with pleasure, an evening out, if he can go x amount of time without smoking--start small--depending on how heavy a smoker he is---

Answer 10

Pick a room in your house/apartment. Paint half of it the color of a healthy lung. Paint the other half the color of a smoke-infested lung that has an advanced tumor or something from lung cancer. Let him get the picture in a disturbingly graphic way.