Do you think this will motivate him to quit?!
Question: my bf wants to quit smoking, he tries sometimes but he always ends up smoking, i dont know what to say to motivate him to quit, i think he wants me to help him, but i dont know how, i have suggested chantix but i dont know what else to do, do you think if i complained about the second hand smoke effects on myself he may listen and that may motivate him?
Answers: my bf wants to quit smoking, he tries sometimes but he always ends up smoking, i dont know what to say to motivate him to quit, i think he wants me to help him, but i dont know how, i have suggested chantix but i dont know what else to do, do you think if i complained about the second hand smoke effects on myself he may listen and that may motivate him?
Nicotine is a very addictive substance.Your BF has to do this on his own.Trust me,I cant sit in the same room with my husband because of his smoking and it doesnt seem to bother him.You cant make someone quit! Its just like trying to make an alcoholic quit drinking.He has to do it on his own.
No, that won't motivate him. But this might: I began smoking at the age of 15 and finally quit for good at the age of 57 (a year ago), when I was at a pack a day. Even tho' all the experts say you have to go cold turkey, I think that just increases the craving. This is how I did it. Everytime I wanted a cigarette, I only smoked half of it. So, I immediately cut my intake in half. After a few weeks of doing that (gives your body time to adjust to less nicotine), I would only take about 4 puffs, put it out and save it for the next craving. After a few weeks of that, I went to 2 puffs, then one puff (where one cigarette could last me a day or two). My body gradually got used to doing without the nicotine and I got to a point where I said, "when this pack is done, I'm not buying anymore". That was a year ago. Recently, I stayed with my son, who smokes, and took a drag off his cigarette. I didn't like the taste and it hurt my throat. If I can do it, you can do it, because I loved smoking!!!
No, he is addicted and only he can decide to quit.
The best you can do is ask him not to smoke in your prescence. Tell him it bothers you.
I recommend surfing the web and looking for photos of diseased tissue and people who need to talk through a machine. I know smoking is an addiction. Both of my parents smoked forever. Eventually when one of them went in a nursing home they just gave it up because it wasn't convenient for them to have to bundle up & go outside in a wheelchair.
If someone has made the decision to smoke they also need to make the decision to NOT smoke. Since I no longer live with a smoker I'm appreciating NOT having everything smell like cigarette smoke. It stains everything the walls, curtains etc. depending on how much smoking he does. The truth is there's absolutely nothing you can say to "motivate" him he has to find that motivation within himself. You have to decide if you want to continue a relationship with a smoker. Trust me nagging him forever is not going to work and will only damage the relationship.
My father was a smoker once and he told me that what got him to quit was still carrying around the pack of cigs and taping them so it was harder to get one out. In other words, he had to stop and think before he lit up. He told me it was not will power but want power that worked for him. I quit when I got such a bad cough and promised myself that when I was well I'd never pick up another one. That worked for me. Good luck with your boyfriend and his efforts to stop smoking.
Get in touch with the American Lung Association or American Cancer Society. They have the best available information.
Also, a doctor and some medications can help too.
Keep in mind that he's really the one who has to take responsibility for this, not you. You may need to say nothing for a while, except when he kisses you and hasn't been smoking. Kissing will become sooooo much nicer and you could tell him that. (kissing someone who smokes is like licking an ash tray!!!!! ICK!!!!!)
Good luck!!!!!
dont tell him quit smoking ,dont talk about smoking ,ignore his smoking it makes no diffrence to you when action has no reaction .person doesnt do any action