How do i get a 7 year old, a 9 year old, a 11 year old, and a 13 year old to stop smoking? -
How do i get a 7 year old, a 9 year old, a 11 year old, and a 13 year old to stop smoking? -
my friends apartment complex most of the girls smoke i would not care but their 7,9,11,and 13. I-ve told them it will kill them but they wont stop. please help, i dont want my friends to dieTry showing them what smoking can do, get pictures of lung cancer, mouth and throat cancer, someone with emphysema. Better yet, if you can get a professional to talk to them, they can show the pictures and make them understand. I mean someone from a clinic or hospital who could take time to address this very important situation.Find something online you can show to them; look at the Cancer Society for ideas or contact them for materials; they are probably free.
You are a true friend for wanting to save these young innocents.
It might be possible to offer them a challenge or set up a contest-maybe by involving an adult buying something they want if they stop. Or have one monitor the other and have a system of consequences if they have a cigarette eg no pizza for you this time, you had a cigarette! Or can-t come to the mall with us today because you smoked! or denying inclusion in going to a movie etc.
Good luck and God bless you for caring!You said you wouldn-t care, but then you said you don-t want your friends to die?
Anyway,
Tell them they-re endangering their lives and yours. Because of inhaling the smoke and breathing it out on you. Tell them side effects such as smelly breath, yellow nails, and yellow teeth.
Because they-re at such a young age, they obviously want guys to notice them. That could be the reason but just tell them, no guy is going to want to kiss an ashtray or be a widower for 60 years after you croak at a young age.Usually when kids these age are smoking, it because they are looking for attention and they think its cool, fun, or attractive to smoke. Maybe you should tell them that getting cancer isn-t cool, having a hairy tongue isn-t attractive, and not as many older people smoke as they might think, because they know the dangers of smoking later in life.You really can-t I-m sorry. You can-t just tell them to stop either - I know a lot of people who smoke and stuff and I gave up trying to get them to stop. If they really are your friends then tell them your true feelings about it and that you-re friendship is on the line if they continue to smoke. If I was them I would either call a help line or gradually start to cut down on smoking, because my friends mean more to me than anything.
I hope they will listen!Well you could be brave and tell their parents this. I know you-re thinking that you don-t want to be a tattle-tale, but if you really care about them you-ll do whatever it takes. Even if they-re going to act mean to you afterwards, then so be it.You-re right to be concerned, in a few years they-ll be struggling to quit and wish they-d never started. Unfortunately, there isn-t much you can do, they-ll have to decide to stop on their own.holy cwap! threnten to report them to the police... then do it in a week- they won-t get into much trouble because they r minors, but it will scare the crap out of them hope i helpedyou tell their parents, and their parents should give them an *** whooping that they will never forget.well you can tell their parents . but theyll be mad . but then again they dont have to know who told . sorry if i wasnt any help ..:)Give then some candy...what kinda apartment is this!? 7 years old?!?!
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