Ok,before you get the wrong idea I don't smoke myself! I am a male before people start thinking that I'm a teenage girl.
Yesterday (20th April 07) I caught my friend smoking for the first time. She said that she recently started because of all the stress from her AS level studies.(She studies Chemistry,Physics,Maths, ICT and Graphics) I am really really worried about her. She also works at the weekend,but I don't. I thought that she was a lot smarter than this as I see her as a beautiful,smart,hard working girl.(I'm in most of her classes)
I'm stressed as well but I don't resort to smoking cigarettes!
I am also worried that I'm gonna get beat up by her boyfriend.
So what should I do as a friend?
2007-04-20 10:09:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Her boyfriend would beat me up as she knows that I like her and lots of people know that I like her.
2007-04-20 10:18:34 · update #1
give her a strong talking too , its a filthy habit that drains you of money and affects your health,
why would her boyfriend beat you up ???????
oh , tricky 1 mate . have you talked to her about this ?
2007-04-20 10:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Simon t 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If she's decided to smoke there probably is not a whole lot you can do.
Short of showing her what a lung looks like on the inside after smoking for years.
Let me explain who nicotine works. It's two fold. It picks you up and mellows you out at the same time. This is one of the reasons it's so difficult to quit.
While you are handling your stress she may be more anxious that you and the nicotine will help her calm down.
So why does her bf want to beat you up? You are just a friend...
2007-04-20 10:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, not so much an enemy, but just started out as two people looking at each other and not seeing the true person. When one of my best friends (she was a stranger to me at the time) started working at my work, when I got introduced to her I remember thinking that she looked really snobby. She thought I was intimidating. We didn't make much of an effort to get to know each other until one day we actually had to work together...all day. We were preschool teachers at the time. There was an instant connection made, and have been great friends ever since! We laugh about that story all the time.
2016-05-19 23:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she wants to smoke theres not a lot you can do about it, other than make her aware of the dangers and hope she comes to her senses.
However, just becase she smokes, doesn't mean shes a bad person or shes going to turn into one. I work 2 jobs along with going to college full time, I sat 5 highers (A levels) at school last year and got 4 A's and a B, but i smoke. It doesn't make any difference, shes not going to go onto drugs or anything, and shes not suddenly going to turn into a waster.
Just tell her your worried about her and make her aware of the dangers of smoking. Its all you can do as a friend, she has to make her own decisions
2007-04-21 09:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I quit 4-1/4 years ago after about 34-1/2 years of smoking.
I feel so much better, and I'm healthier than a lot of people half my age.
Tell her it's a dumb thing to do to her body, and the faster she quits the easier it will be.
After that, it's up to her.
2007-04-20 10:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by Paul P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell her to quit the fags whilst the going is good. Not so easy when you have smoked for awhile. Just ask her if she wants to have nice skin, hair, make the most of what she has studied for. Or does she want to suffer really bad with lung trouble-not be able to enjoy life.
2007-04-21 09:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by pigeonlegs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me that you have a serious thing for this girl. Beat up her boyfriend? Oh, that would be stupid. EVERYONE knows about the dangers of smoking. So you are just going tell her that you don't like people who smoke, so you two can no longer be friends. And if she chooses the cigarettes over you, then you have your answer and she was never your friend.
2007-04-20 10:13:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Tell her parents if her health is more important to you than the friendship. Otherwise you might try downloading pictures of what smoking does to your body. Here's a good site, there are thousands more.
http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-smoking-effects.html
2007-04-20 10:15:12 · answer #8 · answered by anjazarovitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good that you don't smoke.
i think you should tell her what can seriously happen to her, like the more you smoke the worst it is when you quit (such as nausea and etc.) also the whole lung cancer thing, i had a relative die from that.
Basically tell her what you think. If she refuses then it's her problem.
2007-04-20 10:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by princessa_cubana2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since she is grown I would just leave her alone because you can't really tell grown people what to do. It is a very addictive and smoking is very nasty but if she wants to smoke there is nothing that you can really do to stop her.
2007-04-20 10:16:28 · answer #10 · answered by lisa w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing.
I used to smoke, and when people would degrate me because of it or try to make me feel stupid, it'd do nothing at all.
If she's smart, she'll realize that smoking isn't worth it on her own.
If she quits for the wrong reason (like trying to please her friends or family) she'll start up again or just continue to hide it.
2007-04-20 10:22:29 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋