My brother is 13 and one of his teachers told one of my parents that a couple of sources have stated that he has been smoking a little bit. It's odd because no one and I mean NO ONE in my family smokes and he has always said how disgusting he finds i. Any ideas on some radical ways to teach him smoking is bad?
2007-02-23 05:09:44 · 24 answers · asked by SadToday22 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
LOL My best friend's mom made her smoke a pack of cigs...took her out on the back porch, sat her down and made her smoke the whole pack. It took a couple hours, and my friend vomited several times, and was sick as a dog the rest of the day- but it worked. Mom mom tried everything but that and I am a smoker to this day. (We got caught smoking at bus stop after school.)
2007-02-23 05:14:51 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Klara♥ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The number one best thing you can do is set a positive example, which it seems you are already doing. Point out all the negative things about being a smoker: social isolation; stinky clothes, hair, car, house, etc.; girls not wanting to kiss him; getting wrinkles in his 20s; coughing like an old geezer; not being able to excel in sports; and of course the pain and suffering of emphaszyma and cancer.
The one thing that will NOT work is showing him old people with smoking related illnesses. A 13 year old boy believes he will never be 65 years old and those sorts of warnings always fall on deaf ears.
2007-02-23 13:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Lucky♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well if you want unusual answers get it from an unusual source... how bout this make therm sit with a person who had cancer because of smoking you knowe like a hole in the throught and make them watch that person smoke through their throat. that was one of the 57 things that made me go on a straight path to non-smoker. or make them watch that commercial with the comboy that sings you dont always die from tobbacco. etc... or you can sit them down and make them watch a bunch of videos about nasty things of smokeing and brainwash them into not that method might be a little illeeagal or evil but it would work. electroshoke therepy works. but the beest would be the first with making them talk to a person with a hole in throat in person not over phone or anything face to face mono e mono
2007-02-24 21:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by andyroo628 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first off make sure he knows all the facts. The facts are that every 8 seconds someone dies from smoking. Increases the chance of liver damge, cancer, etc. Make sure he knows that he shouldn't be doing this to look cool or be smart. Good luck!
2007-02-23 13:13:41 · answer #4 · answered by skalkosa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Teach him the histology of the hair cells in the lungs. Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epitheleum: ciliated hair cells in the lungs that move mucus out of the lungs into the trachea. These cells become dysfunctional when they are constantly bombarded with cigarette smoke, thereby giving one the "smoker's cough". Ask him if he wants to be highly susceptible to pneumonia. In short, cigerettes will make you suffocate eventually.
2007-02-23 13:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apparently he just wants to fit in. But, with who? Who is he running around with? He can't buy cigarettes at his age. Your parents need to watch who he is hanging with. Parents should seek professional help for him and themselves to know how to handle a child who needs guidance and discipline.
Trying to convince him not to smoke is not the answer. Parents need to be in charge not the child.
2007-02-27 11:47:03 · answer #6 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psh, well, there are these hospital thingys where they make you smoke a lot and then you get tired of it, lol, and, well, make a list of all the chemicals that it contains; it contains rocket fuel and a chemical that preserves bodies when youd ie and all sorts of nasty stuff :-&
2007-02-23 14:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by funkyjiveturkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a complete list of ingredients that go in to cigarettes, like tar and formaldehyde. Point out where they're used outside of cigarettes. Roads and dead people, pretty gross.
But then tell him that if he wants to f*ck up his lungs and health in general, he can have fun.
2007-02-23 14:40:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the morgue and see if you can get a tour during the autopsy of a heavy smoker.
My daughter says that hard, crusty lungs are the worst!
2007-02-23 13:13:25 · answer #9 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
get some cigarettes, take the tobacco out of them and put it in a cup. then say "this makes you die. it turns your teeth yellow. it dries your skin out, makes your hair brittle. it will make you look ugly, age you, then kill you. would you eat this?"
and this is coming from an on-off smoker.
don't let him smoke.
2007-02-23 13:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by mica 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋