Hi i have been telling my mom for about 3 yrs to either quit smoking or at least try and quit, she still hasn't done either, can anyone give me an idea of how to make/encourage her to want to quit and try to do it as best as she can?
2006-10-03 21:28:25 · 5 answers · asked by luke 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
i meant to say i dont want her to die because of why my grandma did
2006-10-03 21:29:30 · update #1
No, I wish there was something you could say or do to make people stop smoking. My husband has smoked for years and my daughter and I both beg him to stop. I tell him I don't want to live without him and he is gonna die from the cigarettes, and my daughter tells him she wants him to live to see his grandchildren, but he just gets mad and stops talking to us. I have cried, begged, threatened, everything you can think of and nothing works. Until they decide to stop on their own, you can't do anything. Sorry, but the cigarettes are more important than you are.
2006-10-03 21:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by nesmith52 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's nice to know that you care about your mother enough to tell her to quit smoking. She needs to understand that by continuing this behaviour, she is ruining her life and the life of those around her. The nicotine and tar are making her lungs black, her teeth yellow and her body sick. I don't want to hear any crap about cigarettes not affecting anyone, because it's crap. Cigarettes kill people.
Try a support group, I'm sure they have some for smokers...ask her doctor to help, they can prescribe nicotine patches to help with cravings...but smoking is often a social disease...they'll light up with friends, coworkers, and soon, smoke by themselves.
Get her some help. You can't do it alone.
Kudos to you for caring about your mom!!
2006-10-04 04:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by vamedic4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take her to a place where she cannot buy easyly.
Take her to tobaco abusers consultant.
Make her see the pictures of this effect in her Lungs.
This will help if you are lucky.
2006-10-04 04:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by SKG R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know if you can afford it try taking her to one of those mass hypnosis seminars. It worked for my uncle.
2006-10-04 04:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the best way is to let this person know that you love them and it hurts to see people destroy themselves.
2006-10-04 04:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by lazyrieger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋