How to help my boyfreind quit smoking?!


Question: How to help my boyfreind quit smoking.?
My boy friend is 26 and he has been smoking for 10 years now, about pack a day. How can I make him quit smoking when he doesn't really want to.?!Health Question & Answer


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How to Persuade Someone to Quit Smoking

1. Take the time to sit down with your friend or colleague and tell him or her that you're worried about his or her health. Ask your friend to quit smoking. Give your friend your reasons, and stick to facts. Be honest about why it upsets you so much that the person you care about is smoking and damaging his or her health.

2. Ask the person if they would like to quit. Chances are they do, but sometimes, they don't. Persisting may only exaggerate the problem.

3. Offer your help. If your friend or colleague says that he or she just cannot quit, offer your help. Be supportive and gentle with your friend Gently urge them, while really forcing them to say "Yes". If the smoker denies being addicted, say "I've seen the number of times a day you smoke. I see how you're always interrupting your fun times or leaving the office quickly because you need a cigarette. I've seen you coughing and gasping for air while you're smoking. This isn't healthy, and it's all signs of smoking addiction."

4. Remind your friend or colleague that with every puff of smoke he or she breathes out, someone else breathes that in (passive smoking) and inform the person that there are almost half of a million second-hand smoke related deaths each year. If this person still has doubts, remind him or her just how much money can be saved by not smoking!

5. Mix honesty, care, plain facts and even a tinge of guilt to convince your friend or colleague. Remember, you're not here to have them quit smoking in just 10 minutes. You're asking this person just to give it a try.

6. Be supportive. Once they agree to try to quit, ask them how they would like to quit. Smokers usually want to quit gradually. But if the person is eager to quit, offer assistance by way of suggesting literature to read, anti-tobacco chewing gum etc.

7. Help eliminate smoking areas. If the smoker has asked to quit gradually, start eliminating places to smoke. If the smoker is your husband or wife, try eliminating the smoking areas in your home and only allow smoking on a back porch or maybe one room only. However do not do that unilateraly and bear in mind that the house is also their house, and spouses cannot be treated like children. Give him or her a couple of hours to collect all smoking-related materials from the rest of the house. If after that, you find a lighter in the bathroom, it goes in the garbage. A pack of cigarettes on the sofa.? Trash them.

8. Eliminate smoking in the house or office completely. In 2-3 weeks, forbid smoking in the house altogether. Then eliminate smoking in the backyard, then front yard, the front door spaces etc., until the person can no longer smoke unless standing on the sidewalk or curbline.

9. Discuss what to do when your friend or colleague wants a cigarette. Here's just a couple of things to do: call a friend, take a walk, groom your dog, watch a sitcom, eat a pretzel, learn a foreign language, do a dance routine, read a book, research something fasinating, read the paper, watch the ball game, draw a picture, cut the lawn, plant some flowers, drink a cup of tea, try a new recipe or write a wikiHow. However, doing some sort of thing that resembles the ACT of smoking would probably be more effective, like going to the usual smoking area and popping in a piece of gum... In other words, take that 5-10 minute break that has become a ritual for the smoker. Maybe join them in the activity whenever they have the urge to smoke (but make it clear you're not there to babysit, but to support them).

10. Always be there for your friend or colleague. Your most important role is to support this person that you care about. Give him or her love and encouragement. This is a tough time for him or her and there will be feelings of resistance, anger, resentment and addictive cravings. Your support is crucial to helping the person through this period.

SURE HOPE THIS HELPEDHealth Question & Answer

I'm about the same age as your boyfriend and I've also been smoking since high school so I relate to him ... I don't want to stop either, at least not anytime soon. you can't make him quit smoking, it's his decision. do you like him.? if you do just accept that he's a smoker, i don't get how people fall in love with people and then try to change them.Health Question & Answer

If you hate smoking. Don't date smokers. That's just common sense.
If he doesn't want to, he doesn't want to. He's not going to. Find a non smoker next time.Health Question & Answer

Unfortunately if he doesn't want to, he won't. You could try scaring him in to quitting. Look up pics of lungs of a smoker or lung cancer stories. But men hate to be nagged. Good Luck.Health Question & Answer

1)let him try Nicotin Gum instead of Cigarette
2)Refuse to make sexual relation with him untill he stops smoking

I advise you to do these things and when you get result tell me please.Health Question & Answer

You cannot.Health Question & Answer



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