My friend’s fiance has a sever breathing problem stemming from smoking to much a day. He’s 28 and on oxygen tanks. His doctor says he’s sacrificing his life. My friend can’t get him to stop because he refuses and were’re all worried. What are some good quit tips. Also what are some effective ways to comminicate with him to stop. Thanks a lot!
My friend lives we his fiance. They are living a very tight budget. They get their money from ss.
Tell them how bad it is. Find information and what’s inside of it. Let that person go to someone that he/she can relate to and speak with that person…he needs help. He’s ruining his life and he’ll regret it. Make smoking real real nasty…IT IS though…
BUT IF I WAS YOU, TELL HIM WHATS IN IT
hit him in the head real hard
Try giving him gum or a new hobby that you use your hands in, so he can’t smoke!
Hypnosis. Smoking cessation is one of the most popular medical uses of hypnosis. Hypnosis helps a person learn to deeply relax, be open to suggestions that strengthen resolve to quit, and increase negative feelings toward cigarettes. Ask your doctor if he or she can recommend a good hypnosis practitioner in your area.
Acupuncture. One of the oldest medical systems, acupuncture is believed to work by stimulating the energy flow in the body. Acupuncture is believed to help trigger the release of endorphins (naturally-occurring pain relief substances) that allow the body to relax. By helping the body become more balanced, acupuncture can be helpful in managing physiological withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor, family member, or friend if he or she can recommend a good acupuncture practitioner in your area.
Behavioral Therapy. Because so much of nicotine addiction is related to the habitual behaviors (the “rituals”) involved in smoking, learning to change the automatic nature of those behaviors is often a standard approach to a smoking cessation program. Working with a therapist or counselor, you can learn new ways to cope with the underlying reasons why you’ve smoked in the past and break through habitual patterns.
Nicotine Vaccination. A number of vaccines for the prevention and treatment of nicotine addiction are currently under development and being tested in clinical trials. NicVAX, for example, works by triggering the body’s immune system to block nicotine from reaching the brain, and is expected to work for a year following injection.
Phillip Morris had a quit smoking program.
Check with your state. The state of Hawaii has its own program to help quit smoking. And I’m pretty sure it’s free.
Pose this thought to him as well. My girlfriend’s 16 yr old sister got knocked up by a 27 yr old that smoked 4 packs a day. He died a few weeks after his daughter was born. He died from lung cancer/emphazima. Now his daughter is going to grow up without ever knowing her father. Ask him if that’s what he wants for his family.
Hide their cigs in your butt- I don’t think they’ll try to smoke em’ then.
Occupy their time…maybe even do something drastic to make them think twice about it…chew gum
I was trying to figure that out since my 17 year old started smoking… It’s the worse and saddest thing in the world… I have tried showing pictures of people dying, not being able to walk across the floor, engina, carrying around an oxygen machine, the whole works…Finally, I found something that worked.. I did buy some 7mg patches from Target and gave it to my 17 year old when she was craving. She slapped it on her arm and it helped her…. There are stronger ones but sometimes that makes people sick…. So I have purchased a bunch of 7mg patches and I hand them out to people at work and friends. The first response is…OH…. Ok… yeah, I will try it..So they put the cigarette down in front of me and slap it on their arm.. So far so good…. I don’t think there is a good tip to give because the addiction is too powerful.. So this helps to fight the urge.. Its a first step
Leave them alone. No one can force, cajole, whatever anyone into quitting anything. All you do is stress the person out more by bothering them and they in turn smoke more because smokers smoke more when they are stressed. Reality is that it is not your life, nor is it your business. He has free will and is exercising that free will. Like it or not.
You can’t get anyone to quit smoking unless they themselves have decided to quit. Some people will not quit unless they are on the brink of extinction. Even after I decided I had to quit, it took me a year to do so, destroying a nearly full pack of cigarettes by crushing them and throwing them at the wall. I hear cigarettes are quite expensive nowadays. Seems that this technique would work quicker than a year then.
rub the cigarette with essence of very hot pepper and don’t make him stop smoking it.
Oh boy, that’s a tuff one. I have been a smoker myself for 38 years and just recently stopped by myself from one day to the other. I had tons of friends telling me all the time: please stop smoking, you are killing yourself. And I haven’t been on oxygen tanks myself, but just recently watched a 87 year old friend dying from emphezima and being (once even with a cigarette) connected to the oxygen. It gave me such a shock, that I finally decided to quit.
To tell a smoker to quitt smoking, is almost impossible. The smoker himself has to come to the point of wanting to quitt. Nikotin is such a powerful drug. We have to understand, that it is the most addictive drug existing. And this is, because of all the chemicals that are added to the tabac, to make you to be an adict.
You friend is still very young, only 28. I think, the only person who would have the power to get him out of his addiction, is his girlfriend together with the doctor. He needs a good enough scare for wanting to quit.
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try to give some moral support and encouragement from family and friends who really cares for him to quit smokin and also try to put in some will power and self confidence in him and also some counsellin could be handy too. i know it aint gonna be easy and it will be tough time to adjust and try to quit smokin and this cant be done in a day, hence, rome wasnt built in a day!, besides its impossible to stop at once and immediately, take it from someone who had experience in this and gradually and slowly it can be done and gotta do it step by step. try coaxin him to reduce the numbers of cigars per month, then per 2 weeks, then per week, then finally per day…nicotine patch shouldnt hurt and comes in handy too.. it will be a toughie fer him at first, but with coaxin and encouragement, he will make it. also ask him to try doin other/another useful/interestin thing[s] whenever the urge to smoke comes, give him a pat or treat in a good/useful manner..it takes time and patience too..trust me, eventually he will succeed if his will power is strong like mine, no problemo!! take it from someone who had experienced it and came thru finally fer quit smokin…pls do not give up nor lose hope and to put it in him too. find out many ways to help out as its better to be safe than sorry!! i have faith that he will come out from it, with the right encouragement and loving/caring support from family and friends!!….good luck!!!