How to stop someone from smoking?

Philippines
August 28, 2012 4:31am CST
I want my husband to quit smoking. How can I stop him from smoking? I want him to stop immediately but I guess he can't. I don't know what to do. Happy myLotting everyone.
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4 responses
@blinjk (617)
• United States
28 Aug 12
Once you are addicted to it, it is really hard to quit but there are things that he can use to replace the nicotine that makes smoking so addicting like nicotine patch or nicotine gums which can replace the nicotine. There are some steps to follow when using the nicotine replacement therapy.
• Philippines
31 Aug 12
Yes, I heard about that. Quitting is really difficult for smokers. I'm not rushing him but I just want him to quit smoking. Happy mylotting.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
30 Sep 12
@both of you, it same when we are addicted with mylot and internet..it`s hard for stopping from them
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• Philippines
2 Oct 12
MyLot gives us money and happiness. Smoking just gives us sicknesses. LOL.
@romzee (937)
• Philippines
30 Sep 12
To quit smoking is not easy, It takes a lot of willpower and determination. I am a quitter for some four years now and determine to quit for life. It is harder to quit if almost all your buddies are smokers. The first few months is the hardest part of quitting the habit and the nicotine withdrawal is unbearable. Peers will test your will power and will try to offer you smokes but if you're determine to quit, they will stop. You can't force a smoker to quit, just ask him politely to quit not only for his health but for the family as well.
• Philippines
2 Oct 12
I hope he will quit too soon. I'm not a smoker so I don't know what you smokers are undergoing during the quitting stages. Thanks for sharing. Happy mylotting. :)
• United States
29 Aug 12
As a smoker, I can tell you right now that you cannot STOP someone from smoking. They have to want to quit for themselves. If you nag your husband or try to force the issue it might just drive him to smoke more. Or he might try to hide the fact that he is smoking from you, just because he doesn't want the grief he'd be getting from you. I've smoked for 13 years and I've tried to quit a couple of times, but I didn't last more than a day or two because I really didn't WANT to. And I have to admit that, for now at least, I enjoy smoking more than I want to quit. If you want him to quit, don't try to "stop" him from smoking, just gently encourage him.
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• Philippines
31 Aug 12
We only see each other on weekends. Whenever I go home, he's still smoking. I told him to minimize smoking. He promised me to have four sticks a day. However, he's already a chain smoker. Happy mylotting.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
28 Aug 12
I must tell you that if your husband has will power and is willing to stop smoking by his own wish than he can stop it at any time he wants to but he will have withdrawal symptoms if he has been smoking for years now. see, unless it is his will, no one can help him. My husband is being smoking since is was 15 and now he is 30. But the time he met me, he told me that he wanted to stop smoking and drinking. he has been stopping for 4 months and then starting again like that and I knew he has the will power to stop it all of a sudden as well. When he stops he wants to drink lot of lime water with sugar because he was getting withdrawal symptoms and I used to make jugs of it. He has not been drinking for almost 6 months now and he is going to stop smoking from tomorrow since it is his friends birthday tomorrow and he had promised me to stop soon. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
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• Philippines
31 Aug 12
Oh, good. Your husband was able to quit drinking. I hope our husbands will quit smoking soon too. It's bad for their health and our health. Happy mylotting.