How to help someone quit smoking?!

As you're approaching week 4 start talking to him about his resolve. Remind him that this was the point in the past where he caved to his cravings, so he needs to be extra firm in his resolve to quit at this time.

Take him out for walks in the evening, when he'd ordinarily be having a smoke. Or better still, have lots of sex. He could use the stress release and sounds like you could too ;D

Remind him to drink loads of water, and use a straw if he will. It really helps with the oral habit.

If he's a gamer, get him on it. Gaming is very good at keeping your focus.

Good luck to him, it's a ***** of a habit.

Quit in 1990

It may surprise you that the average smoker takes 7 tries before he succeeds.

I take it that you don't smoke, so that is a great positive. Spouses that try to quit when the other spouse doesn't almost always fails.

Working with others that smoke is a tobacco quitter's best enemy, but men are not as bad as women. Many women despise seeing someone succeed at quitting and they will wait like vultures until a female quitter has a bad day, then it's: "oh have one....one won't hurt." But in fact "one" does hurt, it resets the brain chemistry, even after years many people who try one cigarette find themselves back smoking.

There are a few tricks.

A cold turkey approach finds that about 97 of 100 quitters are smoking again at the end of a year.

Using meds; nicotine gum or the patch only increases it such that at the end of the year about 10% have succeeded and 90% are back smoking. Nicotine is a strongly addicting drug!

The trick is: Join a support group, and if possible use the patch or gum and possibly meds (see your medical practitioner). Those who use a support group and the patch or gum and/or meds have about a 50/50 chance of not smoking at the end of the year.

It's not the way you would think of it either. It's not that somebody is baby sitting you it's that you become part of a team--and that is strong medicine. Support group meetings run usually about 12 weeks.

Call your local hospital and ask for the smoking cessation person. Often you can get a free 12 week supply of nicotine patches or gum, and they will tell you when the next support group meets. Go with him (if allowed) and warn him that his unable to quit friends will attempt to sabotage him. They really hate to see someone succeed--but the benefits are enormous!

Good luck.

Give him a choice cigs or sex, or kick him in the ole sweat sack everytime he smokes that should teach him a lesson