How Can I Persuade My Parents To Stop Smoking??
My parents are heavy smokers. They smoke 2 boxes/day,sometimes more. I have told them many times to quit, but that doesnt work. Ive told them about all the negative effects and poisonous substances, but they say : yes, i know, but i cant stop! Many people in our family have cancer, im so afraid my parents will die of it too! Probably the biggest problem is that they sell cigarettes in our shop! They are surrounded by hundreds of cigs at least 8 hours/day. They cant stop selling them, because they are our major income 
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June 30th, 2009 at 1:21 am
A person has to WANT to stop smoking , one can advise but unless a person actually Wants to stop they will continue the habit.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Make them slowly decrease thier quantity per day by talking. One thing you can do is make an impression on your parents that you have started smoking and let them think that they are to blame for it. If they love you, then will surely understand.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Maybe you can ask them not to smoke around you because every time you light up just one cigarette you release 101 poisonous carcinogens into the air, air that used to be clean for you and everyone to use until they lit up…tell them that their secondhand smoke is killing you too! Tell them that you are worried about them, their futures, tell them you don’t want them to suffer slow, painful deaths attached to oxygen bottles and that their golden years won’t be so golden if they don’t quit right now. Tell them you love them so much that it hurts you to see them hurt themselves. Tell them that cigarettes are a great big lie, that they always have been, that cigarette companies have lied to consumers about the negative effects and addictive properties for years but paid politicians off to get away with their lies and whenever they buy a pack of cigarettes, they are lining the pockets of people with no scruples or concerns about their fellow man. Tell them they are better than that, and the very best way to quit is to tell yourself that you want to be healthy and play with your grandchildren, and that you don’t want to stink from cigarettes, you don’t want to make others sick from your filthy habit, and you make up your mind then and there to put them down, pick a day, smoke your last one, then that’s it! You quit cold turkey. Is is hard? Yes, but it gets easier and easier every day. I wish you the best of luck with your problem.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
they have to decide when they want to quit you can talk till your blue in the face. People don’t no how hard it is to quit some will never be able to I have quit twice now the first time it was for 14 months. this time it has been 12 months so far. i still crave them every so often. ITS VERY HARD. tell them how you feel but don’t nag them. they will try when they are ready.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Sorry, it has to be their choice. Nothing else will influence them but their own desire, and nagging doesn’t help.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Write from the heart a piece on all the ways it would change your life if they did quit-physically, psychologically, potential grandkids’ visits, etc.Contrast that with your fears of losing them early in life, & not having them in your life for your wedding, graduation, etc. and respectfully give it to them.Write the same about how it would affect their lives to do so/not do so, & give that one to them a week later.
Really put some thought, time and prayer into this, consider it your one shot at really getting through. And PRAY- that their hearts will be readied for what you have to say, and opened to the idea. Pray for a strong desire and ability to quit.
I’ll tell you this- I live surrounded by apts. full of smokers, seriously triggering sleep apnea, ulcer, asthma, all kinds of troubles.Not an arrangement that can be changed at this time. I have been praying off & on & asking God for neighbors who don’t smoke, just for that.
So far in the last year, one smoker moved & a non-smoker moved in. My other neighbor, who never tried to stop before, told me she was trying to quit. The interesting thing is that was following a renewed effort on my part to remember to pray that way, only just re-started 2 days before. She did stop briefly, I know she will eventually. In the meantime SHE suggested I string up a little bell she could ring so that I could close my door & windows before the house fills with smoke.
None of these folks know I am praying, except that I did tell the one who told me re. quitting, and she really appreciated it. Though you are right, your parents obviously know this already. I get defensive when someone constantly criticizes one of my shortcomings . Yet I find that when someone just expresses concern & then lets it drop, or if they even pray (I know some do) for me, I find myself pondering it & much more open to change.I feel respected enough that they see that they are not giving me new information. I tend to bristle with repeated remarks because I am already being pretty hard on myself about whatever it is.That seems to be human nature, that people respond more proactively to concerned support, and tend to dig their heels in when they are nagged.Hope this helps.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
In answer to the opening question You can’t
June 30th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
let them smoke. its a free country. you’ll seem like a pest if you keep bugging them
June 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Sorry hon but smoking is a very addictive habit. Quitting seems almost impossible especially when you have been doing it for years. When you have a co-smoker to enable your habit OR you work somewhere where it seems tolerated, it is even harder. The only thing you can do is avoid getting second hand smoke – so you don’t die from their stupidity, and keep telling them how much you hate that they smoke and what your fears are. Most smokers know its bad and most want to quit, but feel they can’t.
Bottom line, its up to them to quit.