Whats the useful advice to say to a friend to STOP smoking? -
Whats the useful advice to say to a friend to STOP smoking? -
Ask them to go to a cancer hospice or pallative care centre and see some results of what smoking can cause. Believe me it is not a pretty sight.say to your friend... -why do you always smoke!!!, i really hate persons who smokes!!!... and if that doesn-t work... just ignore your friend until your friend realize why you-re not speaking to him/her because of smoking....You look old, smell like an ashtray, your clothes stink, your fingers are turning yellow as are your teeth, your house stinks, your car stinks and your second hand smoke is killing me too. I love you dear friend and that-s why I-m not sugar coating this. Smoking will kill you sooner than later and I-d like you to be around for the later.I wish you didn-t smoke. I care to much about you to watch you kill yourself like that (dont worry I am an x smoker) I feel like if people want to smoke they can its there life but think of the money this person and all would save, more money for Bud lite loltell her/him that it`s going to die! and that can get cancer..and if is a she and pregnant the baby can suffer from a stroqeThere is nothing you can do or say to STOP your friend from smoking. Your friend can only stop smoking if he/she determine to do so. You cannot change his/her mindset.Nothing. I have a friend whose father is dying of COPD and she still smokes. I just read a book about oxygen and deep breathing, and I-m going to give it to her to read, maybe it-ll get through to her. A lot of interesting answers here, but as we work in a facility for long term patients, she already knows all this stuffdo you want to die or do want to live a healthy productive life for yourself, your kids because no one will raise them like you. do want to spend all your money on treatments after you are diagnosed w cancer, if u can be treated it may have already spread. and if that doesn-t work take them to local hospital to see what dying of cancer looks like.Show him a picture of a smokers lung. And also find them proof that every cigerette shortens the life by like 4 days.All the suggestions about showing the person morbidity caused by smoking will not help.My father died of cancer of the larynx. We all loved him dearly. When he was languishing in intensive care and we could only see him for 15 minutes at the top of every hour, four out of his six children spent our time crying and SMOKING in the waiting room. (This was before smoking was banned in hospitals. Back when patients on oxygen could actually ask the nurse to turn it off so they could smoke in their rooms!)
There were no warning labels when I started smoking. Studies indicate that smoking parents will likely produce smoking children no matter how much they tell them not to smoke (dad asked us not to.)
All this just illustrates that cigarettes are highly (unfairly) addictive. Support your friend in any effort to quit. Encourage him/her to get back on the wagon if s/he falls off. That-s all you can do.
People who smoke know it is bad. They-re addicted. I-ve heard it is harder to quit than heroin. It would be a great idea to make the tobacco companies pay for as many quitting treatments as a person needed to kick the habit. Especially those who started smoking before the warning labels. Everybody exploits smokers. $7.00+ a pack in my city ($4.00 of which is city and county sin tax) has not curbed my urge one bit. I just find the money.
My best wishes go out to you and your friend. I am trying to quit too.Don-t say anything, it-s none of your business!
How would you like it if that person was trying to get you to smoke? If you don-t like it, find a non-smoking friend.i don-t think there is anything you really can say..
a person is only going to stop smoking when they really want too..
and they have to 100% want to stop smoking otherwise it isn-t going to happenu can make him afraid of it by saying it-s gonna kill ya
it causes cancer for u - 4 the people around u
it-ll make ur mouth stink and ur teeth black......etcPlease stop smoking!There is nothing you can do, unless he/she wanted to stop...For most smokers there is nothing you can say or do that will get that person to quit smoking. I know, I used to smoke.
I had many people tell me how bad it made me smell, how bad it was for my health, how it was going to kill me, I-ve seen all the smoker-s lung pictures and everything else that people use as ammunition to try to get smokers to quit the habit.
Nothing will do it except for the smoker themselves wanting to quit. I smoked for more than 16 years. I loved everyone of the cigarettes, cigars and pipes that I smoked during that time.
I met a woman that I fell in love with, she was allergic to cigarette smoke, that gave me the reason I needed to give up my 3 packs a day habit.
I quit cold turkey and this was before all the patches and things they have now to help you. The only thing that really works is the desire to do so. There has to be a very good reason to do so. I could have been an inconsiderate slob and my girlfriend-s allergy wouldn-t have made any difference.
I eventually married her and in time, unfortunately, divorced her. The one good thing she did for me in my life was give me a reason to quit smoking. That was 30 years ago and I haven-t had one in that length of time. For that, I still love her.
Good luck.Tell your Friend how much you will miss him/her because smoking kills . and how much you would rather have your friend alive to have fun with and not dead.if you find out, tell me!!!!!!!show him my 360 picture where they took out my right lung . due to lung cancer.say him the bad effects of smoking... you must start from the least dangerous to the most dangerous to make your friend beacome nervous about the thing that might happrn to him... for sure he will realize that the thing that you are saying to him is true...take him/her to meet someone with advanced emphysema or lung cancer. That-ll probably scare them from smoking.Take them to an elderly home and show them the gasping emphysemia patients. :( Tell them thats them in a few years.
CheersThats a decision that they have to make.as a smoker myself, telling a friend to stop smoking is just not going to do it. Cigarettes are really addictive and it-s really tough to quit. Plus your friend might get defensive if you give him/her a hard time about it.
My suggestion would be to tell your friend that you-re concerned about him/her. Ask them if they want to quit. if not, leave it alone. if they do, ask how you can help. there are a lot of programs/patches/gums/etc to help someone that really wants to quit.I used to smoke very heavily (almost 2 packs a day) no one could tell me to not smoke. I just got tired of it and quit. This was 14 years ago. I think it is important to let your friend know that when they get ready to quit, they will have your support. But know that smoking is a very strong addiction and extremely difficult to stop.start smoking. most friends hate themselves but love their friends. tell them you won-t stop till u do it together. oh n be tactful. hope your friend is not on yahoo answers,tell him for every smoke you put into your mouth, you grow uglier and your reproductive organ will shrink by the min too.If you find out, share it with me. tried to stop many times and it was horrible. wish I stopped when I started.Show that friend pictures of a healthy lung and one of a person who smokes, show them the slow process of their lungs, wind pipe, gums and teeth being destroyed, and then tell them -Fire on one end and a fool on the other-Boot camp, or go on the Survivor showTell that friend that apart from being dangerous to his health it is also hazardous to others.
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