How do i get my mom to quit smoking? -
my mom smokes and it wastes a lot of money what are some things i can give her to try so she can quit
Well first of all you can-t -make- your mom do anything, she has to want to quit. You can beg and plead until you are blue in the face but it will do not good. Smokers know the heath risks involved with smoking, but it is an addiction, the same as coke or heroin, and hard to quit.
It took my Mom being told that she had Barrett-s disease to make her quit and then it still wasn-t easy. Talk to your mom and explain your fears, and ask if she would be willing to try.
My mom went on a antidepressant, and patches to stop.
Good Luck
I have the same problem. My mom smokes and I can-t stand it. She started when she was 16. She wasn-t addicted then, but she would smoke every weekend. Then about 4 or 5 years ago, she started smoking again and now she-s totally addicted and I swear she does not want to stop. So I started smoking just to get her annoyed, because she is being a hypocrite and telling me not to. So whenever she tells me to stop smoking, I just respond, -I will when you do.- I hope it will get to her eventually. And I know it-s not the best way to try to get her to stop, but she-s tried nicotine gum and prescribed pills, but she just won-t take them.
And I-m not addicted to smoking.
Put together some pictures of people that have experienced operations, due to cancer caused illnesses, from smoking.
Had a supervisor who smoked 3 paks a day. Developed cancer in the roof of his mouth and had it operated on and recovered in the cancer ward of a state hospital. After seeing the other people there with teeth missing, parts of lips, gums and jaws missing - he stopped smoking and his wife did also.
Tell her you love her and do not want this to happen to her.
Possibly the Allen Carr -Easy Way to Stop Smoking- DVD. If she watched it, it would point out how she-s been conned on a grand scale.
The thing is a person has got to want to quit smoking to do so and although it wastes money to her it doesn-t. Smoking costs much more than money and she will know this
Badgering a smoker to stop smoking very often only results in one thing, they dig their heels in further and continue to smoke.
You can-t you just have to love her as she is even though you shouldn-t stop telling her your feelings. Smoking is a powerful ediction which is magnified by the fact that its legal and socially acceptable. She has to make the decision for herself. Just make sure you don-t get caught up in second hand smoke. You have a greater chance of getting lung cancer from second hand smoke than she does from smoking. Just lead by example by respecting your own health.
blatently start smoking around the house sayintg that she leads by example. if that dont work then explain that the second hand smoke has over the years affected your health and increased the likelyhood that you get throat and lung infections (not cancer! 2nd hand smoke does not cause cancer. better than 90% of the crap in the smoke is already over this guys mum-s lungs)
Tell her you love her and by smoking, she is hurting herself and those around her (including you)...
Worked for me!
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hey
just tell her to stop if she really cares about how you feel and you know blah blah blah
it didnt work on my mom
but you can try!
goodluck i know what it feels like
Until your mom decides to quit smoking, there isn-t much you can do. She is well aware that it hurts her health and wastes money.
Maybe everytime she lights up tell her - I see you-re going to put another nail in your coffin, or there you go again another cancer stick.
take some time to do some research on different ways that people stop smoking, and support her and keep her accountable all the way through!
INTERVENTION!!
hide her cigs!
Threaten to start?
slap her
tell your mom the effects that she can get by smoking:lung cancer,death,bad breath,yellow finger nails,bad teeth,wrinkles,she will smell bad,she can give cancer to loved ones,kill loved ones,she can even have a heart attack it can be severe,or minor.and tell her how endearing(precious)she is to you!and if she tries to quit support her because when your trying to accomplish something its easier to have support!GOOD LUCK!to you and your mom!