how to make a smoker give up smoking?
k he’s my friend and very very reserved, he’s influenced by his hometown gang of friends who are very VERY close to him than ma n my friends are, and they smoke together as a gang, n its impossible to break them up. also he lost his dad when he was small and this too is a mental pain for him…he smoke at least 20 fags per day..refuses to go on rehab says he would be in mental pain if he stops smoking..n he loves to smoke weed too.. 🙁 help please???????????????? tell me HOW to convince him?? to stop? to realize?
March 27th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
He should be taken away from that gang. this is an important step. Besides try encouraging him to go for exercising.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
I am an X smoker. Take it from me when I say that a smoker will not stop until he/she decides to quit. A smoker must decide in their mind that it is time to quit. If that is not done then the person will not quit. It is good that you want to help your friend but to bug a smoker is just going to make that person dig in and keep smoking. Stopping is an internal decision made only by the smoker.
March 27th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
One way I’ve heard about is this: you take a pack of cigarettes, grab a glass of water, take the filters off each cig, stick the cigs in the glass of water, grind ’em up in there, and make the guy drink it.
Here’s an article my church has put out in one of it’s magazines. You don’t have to be a member of my church to appreciate its words and follow its advise, it’s really for everyone. The article also provides excellent links and such to other sites that will help people quit smoking. I suggest you check it out: http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=16208c6a47e0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
March 28th, 2011 at 12:00 am
u can’t make him give up he needs to want to do it for himself