How can I get my mom to quit smoking? -
How can I convince my mom to stop smoking?? My mom means the WORLD to me. My father is completely out of my life. She-s all I have. Every day I worry that the next day she-ll have cancer. Last week she had lemingitis (spelling?) and I-m so worried about her. I can-t lose her.
She-s been smoking for twenty years. She gets really sensitive about her smoking, too, so how do I convince her without hurting her feelings? (Just FYI, that-s the least of my worries. I-d rather be rude than lose her)
Sounds like she is not really interested in quitting. Most smokers who try to quit generally fail. You may just have to accept her as she is. Most smokers are fully aware of the health hazards but they are mainly interested in today and are not overconcerned about tomorrow.
take her cigaretts away from her ................duh, everyone knows that dude
Tell her that smoking not only hurts her but you too. Secondhand-smoke is more harmful and can cause lung cancer faster. If she loves you she should quit and enter a support group.
Wow! That is a tough one. People smoke for many different reasons, they are lonely, anxious, suffer from depression, or just like the sensations they get from smoking (there are a whole bunch of other reasons as well). I-m sure your Mom knows how important she is to you but you can never say it enough. Maybe you want to reminder how important she is to you...how much you love her...and tell her that you are willing to help her take the best care of herself by stop smoking. You can download information from the internet or find a local support group for her. Don-t become discourage you jusst need to be perisistent and GOOD LUCK!!
Unfortunatly there is nothing you can do to convince her to stop smoking. Nagging her about it won-t work, telling her the dangers to her and the people around her won-t work, telling her you love her and are afraid of losing her won-t work, sorry but hurting her feelings won-t work either. You-re mom has to WANT to quit for herself first. I know people that are on oxygen that still smoke!!! It is probably one of the hardest addictions to quit, just because it-s so easily accesible. That-s not to say it-s not possible she will though. I know it-s hard for you to understand why she does smoke and just doesn-t quit for you, she probably doesn-t understand it either and quite possibly does feel terrible for upsetting you. My suggestion to you is to calmly tell her your fears, tell her you love her and will help her in any way you can when she decides she is strong enough to quit. Adults sometimes make decisions and do things that are not good for them and you need to come to the realization that you can-t control what others do. I know you can-t completely let go of your fear of losing her but try to realize it-s her decision and don-t take on responsibilty for it.
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