My boyfriend is 48, he has been smoking 1-2 packs a day for 30 years. I am very worried about his health. He makes excuse after excuse. Please, how have you helped convince a loved one in your life to quit?
How can I convince my boyfriend to quit smoking?
You cant, ive tried with my husband. They have to decide that for themselves, and everyone has told me that. Its true.
Recently he came to me and said he was ready, so we’re both trying to quit now. Its been 4 days and weve had one here and there. Which is fine, cuz we were so bad before, like 2 pks a day each. We are determined to beat this habit.
Just leave him alone, you might want to say something here and there, but dont nag him, itll only cause a fight. Believe me I know, I tried telling my man several times, and we only had a really bad fight come out of it. He has to figure it out on his own. It has to be HIM that decides.
make him choose between sex and smoking
Show him a photo of a cancerous lung.
make him choose between you and cigrate.
You can’t. But if he decides to try …tell him to see a doctor and get some Wellbutrin. It’s an antidepressant found to work on the nicotine urge favorably. It’s takes away the urge for a cigarette but does not take away the habit. He’ll have to replace the habit with another habit…like walking 20 mins a day of something else positive.
stop smoking or no sex!
You cannot make someone quit smoking. They have to WANT to do it for themselves.
Tell him it will hurt his heart and effect his circulation and blood pressure then he won’t be able to get it up anymore- then there is cancer= emphysema= copd= the smell and it is like kissing an ash tray= and there is nothing worse than watching someone suffer and drown in their secretions= tell him an RN told told- some of the cig co. have online help to quit= D
You cant he has to want to quit himself, my boyfriend tried for 2 years to make me quit,…never worked "I" decided to quit 60 days ago, and aint touched one since.
Dont be on his case it makes it worse, and if he decides to give up dont keep saying how many aint u smoked? you smoked yet? do u feel different? coz it puts more strain on it. only talk about it when he does, and explain that to him so he knows you do still care, you just dont want him stressed about it. ;o) xXx
u cannot. he has to want to quit.
I’m sorry but you can’t as he has to want to stop in the first place,and if you keep going on at him it will only make him more determined to carry on,i’m a smoker and have no intention of giving up,but that is my choice for various reasons,but i’m fed up to the back teeth of all this no smoking,as it just makes me more determined to carry on,so try and ease of him a bit,he knows just like i do how bad it is for your health,and then maybe in a while try just giving little hints to him,and see how it goes but please don’t nag him,good luck in your efforts i do hope you get there in the end
He has to want to quit for himself. You’d have to break up with him and tell him that you won’t kiss/touch him until he stop his disgusting habit. Then, if he wants you back enough, he’ll quit. But, he’s been smoking since before he met you. So, you may have to learn to accept it as a part of him. Maybe he enjoys smoking so much that he would rather die young than live long without it.
Advice to him is cold turkey. I have many smoker friends and that’s the only method that I’ve seen work.