My father smoke all the time, and we can't find anyone to convince him to stop, I don't know what to do anymore.
I have tried to reason with my mother for many o' moons. It has to be a personal decision. Most people are way too weak to fight the addiction. Tell him some facts about what is in cigarettes and tell him lung cancer is a terrible way to die. Make him think about it.
Show him what a smokers lung looks like at his age. If you can get a real one it might drive the point home.
Tell him that smoking is awesome, and that only awesome people should do it. Then tell him he's not awesome.
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Tell him that if he ever wants to see his grandkids, he will stop. If he says he will live that long, tell him that you don't want your kids around that kind of behavior so you won't let him see them, that you don't want them to go through what you went through. Pretty drastic thing to put on someone, but it's tough love. If that doesn't weigh on his conscience, he's a b*stard anyway.
let him know that his smoking will prematurely kill him and will devastate his family. i lost my dad at 56 due to a heart attack and he smoked like a maniac. if you have kids and smoke you are selfish. you should to everything in your power to make sure your family has you as long as possible.
get him one of those devices people (who had their larynx removed) use to speak with for christmas. (you know how they sound like robots...)
You don't. They have to convince themselves. Talk all you want, but if they're not determined, it's not going to happen.
hit him where it hurts the most. tell him how smoking makes YOU feel. that it hurts you too much thinking about what he is doing to himself and the family. facts usually don't work on people, they have to be affected emotionally. you have to put your heart into it. while you're telling him this, begin to tear up and eventually all out sobbing. if that doesn't work, i dont' know what else to tell ou.
Nah. None of that stuff listed above matters to a smoker. They don't care if it destroys their health. They don't care if it reduces their life span. They don't care if it makes them stink. They don't care if other people hate it. They don't care if it costs way too much money. Or, if they do care, they're too addicted to smoking to make a change. There's nothing you can do to make them care. Smokers are stubborn. You guys ask Fatty if any of the stuff mentioned above will persuade him in any way to stop smoking and he'll tell you "not at all". That's how smokers are. (sorry to single you out, FFB, but I know that your views in support of smoking are strong).
Every time he lights up punch him in the face It's an effective learning tool My 2 year old nephew no longer leaves his toys on the floor
Ask him why he doesn't. Get to the bottom of it. If you want to, you will help him quit. He must realize this is not a good way to be around you or other people in your family or circle of friends. Nephew, huh? I wonder what you do to YOUR OWN kids.
