How do I get my parents to stop smoking?
My dad has been "trying" to stop for about 2 years. He buys the patches, but always puts off the actual quitting.
All it does is waste money. My mum isn’t as bad as my father, who smokes cigarette after cigarette.
When I go to school, people say I stink of smoke, and I do! It’s really embarassing.
I’ve tried speaking to them about it but they just ignore me.
What can I do?
Mike_T says:
I know exactly how you feel, I was in a very similar situation. I remember that I was so nervous at that time and I took it out on everyone around me. I didnt know what could I do until, thanks god, I found Smoke Deter. Now I can look back and laugh on myself and in the same time I remember how helpless I was. I hope that I'll never be in the same situation again
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I bet these same people have parents who smoke too. Don’t let them get to you. They are just releasing their anger on you, because they know it bothers you.
As for them quitting. Nothing you do will make them quit. They have to want to. That’s why they ignore you.
I grew up with a father who smoked 3 packs a day, and my sister and I turned out healthy still. Our friends parents smoked too. That’s how I know these kids are growing up just like you.
Just ignore them. They are being ignorant.
if you cant beat them join them
Sing them Puff the magic cigarette.
Gives you bad breath
Smoke it if you really want to
It will lead you to you death.
Then, tell them I love you too much to want you to die and walk away.
U also start smoking just to show them that how there irresponsible behavior has affected u ……and then one fine day behave as if u’re really sick and getting some sort of breathing problem cuz of smoking and get hospitalized ………..and then beg ur parents to quit smoking….and as for the smell of cigs …..use a strong deo…
Yeah my mum and dad smoke too and i know i shouldnt say this but they got me started smoking because they smoke.Its well known that kids follow after thier parents and do what they do.If they didnt smoke i wouldnt have started smoking.its a horrible habbit that has killed so many people,its the biggest desease in western society,its the biggest killer in the western world too.The only way people will be cured from smoking is to blow up the ciggarete factorys all over the world and burn all the shops down that sell them.Money is more important than people’s health to these scumbags
When your parents are in the bathroom and their smoking, just throw water from the outside of ur bathroom and say u thought it was fire. if this doesn’t work, then get them info and articles on how smoking harms you. spy wherever they go and stop them. if this doesn’t work, put a paper on their chest, dram a diagram of their lungs with BLACK liquid dripping down from everywhere inside the lungs and say , " this is how ur internal lung looks like ."
you smell like smoke? that’s really messed up. tell em to take that crap outside.
i say you urinate on their cigs, let em dry overnight, and then stick em back in their packs..
Let them eat cheese while smoking. The next thing you now is that they are in jail because they killed the inventor of cigarettes. lol.
If this doesn’t work, they should probably join a group of people who try to stop smoking. This would probably motivate them a lot.
Hope this helps!
You can try appealing to their better nature by saying their second hand smoke is affecting your health and is actually taking years off your life.
They are perfectly entitled to disregard the effect on their lives but it is totally unacceptable and irresponsible to inflict damaging fumes on another person.
If all else fails you could turn up the volume on your heavy metal (or other ) collection every time they light up. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
woteva u do…dont start smoking…
best thing to do is educate them…research on the internet what smoking is doin to there insides…show them pictures and case stories of ppl there age wit lung cancer…and how it could be them…
next go on to explain how its affecting u….hw ur breathing in the smoke…even if ur upstairs and there downstairs whilst they are smoking ur still exposed to carbon monoxide….tell them about the situation at skool…and tell them how they are ur whole world and u wudnt b able to forgive them for what they have done to themselves if they get cancer.
its all about educating them about the life they will have…ie.carrying heavy breathing equipment for 12hrs a day…etc.
they will soon start to think twice before having another cig.
its best they dont go cold turkey….they just need to cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke in a day…so there body can get use to the decrease in nicotine.
u try to explain affectionately to your parents the hazards of smoking and your problem slowly step by step u try to change them
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Tell them to contact Quitline for help.
I’m trying to get my dad to stop aswel, but he never does.
When they smoke, stay away from them!
Better, you should try to arrange a visit for your FATHER/Parents TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,Mumbai, to see the paitents who are admitted with the sufferings for Smoking and getting severe
treatments/sugery/removal of organs as aftereffects of consuming
tobacco,cigarettes or any other similar products.They will be able to see how dangerous the health troubles caused due to smoking.
You can’t make a person stop smoking, if they don’t want to, but you could buy them a hookah for their anniversery because it works with flavored tabacco and you won’t smell so bad at school.
Tell them you deeply love them and you want and need to stay near them.
Then ask them to build a tree house (with central heating) for you in the garden, so you can breathe clean air and will not be a pariah in your own school any longer.
Offer to continue taking meals together, but warn them you must leave quickly as soon as they start doing the nasty.
Tell them to visit http://www.stopsmoking4good.org This is a great product.
Ya my mom smokes also. I don’t know how much but she does. She started then stop then started again. What got her going the first time was her dad smoking. Then she quit. After my dad got her stressed and then she started smoking again. She said she is going to stop soon but then my brother past away from swin flu. were not sure if it was swine flu. Then my brother was all over the news and paper. Paperazzi was sournding us and my mom was stressed. Know she won’t stop!!!! I ask her but she gets mad. I have know idea what to do now.