My dad's been smoking since his 20's and now he's in his 40's and I've tried many things to persuade my dad to quit smoking like tell him many facts about how hazardous smoking is to the body, all the chemicals in it, etc but nothing works. I have told him to try to quit smoking so many times but he won't give it up. Could anyone give me excellent advice on how to persuade my father to stop the smoking?? I'd really appreciate it if you helped me by giving me at least one piece of advice/information. Thank you.
2007-02-02 14:48:48 · 25 answers · asked by ShaDoW 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
give it up. nothing you say is going to help. when he is ready, if ever, he will quit on his own.
2007-02-02 14:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am 39 years old and I have been smoking since I was 15 years old. On January the 14th of this year (Two Weeks ago) I just up and chose not to smoke any more. The first week was really hard, but now it is much better and I rarely even think about smoking. I know you are thinking I must not have smoked a lot? WRONG I was a pack a day for over 20 years. You cannot get your dad to quite hon, my family has for year, but it was my choice and my life and at my time. I hope you never smoke, once you start the chances of stopping are less then a heroin addicts recovery from drugs. I hope he will, but understand that nicotine is very powerful and more then that are the habits of when and where we smoke. Maybe you can ask your dad not to smoke in the house and in the car when you are in it? That would be a start. Sorry I have no real advice on making him see the light. It is his light to find and it sounds to me like he is still not at the stopping point. You never know, i was not planning to quite I just one day said, I'm done and it has officially been over 2 weeks and I am really holding strong.
Best of Luck Kiddo
Tracylyn S
2007-02-02 15:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tracylyn S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 06:38:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admire your willingness to help your dad,but you need to be realistic about this situation. There is no way for you to force someone to quit smoking. My father died from a lung disease which would not have killed a normal person but being a smoker for more than half of his life it killed him even though he had not smoked in over 30 years at the time of his death. My own daughter smokes even though I never have and trying to convince her or anyone else not to smoke has been the most difficult thing I've ever tried to do. NO matter how many e-mails I send to these people with information about lung diseases etc., nothing helps. We need to write our congressmen and try to get the price of cigarettes raised. We need to pass laws to make smoking anywhere in public, even outside, illegal!!!!!!!!!!! Do everything you can, but forget trying to convince anyone to quit. They have no control and no objectivity.
2007-02-02 15:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Maggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know where you are comming from. My mother had the same problem trying to convince her mother in law to stop smoking. Telling them their faults or mentioning the hazards of smoking might not do anything. He's probably heard it before and is used to it. The one thing I bet he hasn't thought about is the family effects. One clever way to try to get him to stop would be to get a picture of a baby, any baby, from magazines or the internet. Tape it to the cigarette box and put a note with it saying "Don't you want to live to be able to see your grandchildren,"
And if that doesn't work, you might want to get the family together and have an intervention. And when you have you're intervention, make sure to make the environment loving and supportive.
Good Luck.
2007-02-02 14:54:59 · answer #5 · answered by Namaste 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well my husband was smoking when is was 15 and know he's 47 he stop smoking in 98 .why his not smoking any more because are son died when he was 3 he had a hole in his heart when his was born he had two surgery and nothing work and for that my husband stop smoking .If you talk to you're father and he still dot stop just take him to the park and make him run and play with you and when you see him that he can't take his breath it mine his lung it foul of smoke he can get lung cancel or they but a hole in his tr oat .
I hope not Well good luck with you're father
2007-02-09 07:36:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sweetlove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can tell your dad, my husband, [who was in good physical shape], had a heart attack a couple of years ago and after he was stabilized, and in his own room in the hospital the doctor told him if he had not quit smoking the year before he would not have survived the heart attack, or the stroke that followed.
it was the most frightening time for our family. i have never seen our children so frightened and distraught. i thought i was going to lose him. our neighbors, our family and friends, everyone suffered through this episode with us.
smoking doesn't only affect your dad, it affects you, and everyone around him. hopefully he will reconsider, but you have to realize it is an addiction and it is very hard to beat!
i am sure your dad is doing his best and all you can do is encourage him, and praise him for his efforts.
2007-02-06 20:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by tess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sit you dad down and tell him how much you love him and are worried about him. Tell him you want him to be around for a long time and you are afraid of loosing him. When he hears all this he may reconsidere how upset you are about his smoking and try to quit get him to go on the patch. Take care Heather
2007-02-10 08:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know how you are trying to help your Dad quit smoking, Well its not that easy my fiance is a smoker and its hard for him to stop so all they can do is try to quit even tho its bad for there health I have been trying to get my man to stop smoking and its not easy so hang in there
2007-02-02 16:51:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoking is an addiction and he has to give it up for himself. Absolutely NOTHING you say or do will make him give it up. Everything you tell him about smoking he has heard and you are not saying anything new. That is the cold hard heart of the matter.
He has to care for his own health and well being more than he cares for his drug of choice to give it up. Addiction is a nasty thing, and it controls your life.
2007-02-02 14:55:30 · answer #10 · answered by Poppet 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He has to decide when he is ready to quit. He knows that it is bad for him. He has heard it all. He knows you don't like it. He is not doing it to hurt himself or you - nicotine addiction and the physical/social habit of smoking is hard to give up. Leave him alone and just make sure that he knows you love him and will support him if he decides to quit. You can't allow yourself to make it your personal battle - you will never win. Good Luck!
2007-02-02 14:57:25 · answer #11 · answered by Kaitelia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋