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My Uncle Is A Smoker, How Do I Get Him To Stop?

I am tired of my family fighting about geting my my uncle to stop smoking

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    Smokers will only stop when they decide that they want to.  If the family don't want him smoking around them, then it is reasonable for them to set some house rules on the subject.  Other than that, get as much "how to quit" literature as you can find (from the doctor, pharmacist or clinic) and just let him know that you are worried for his health and that all this help is available.
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    Harka 

    answered 2 years ago

      With smokers that can be a very touchy subject. I do know that the more you bug him about it, the more he will resist it. The nagging about smoking, ironically, make him more nervous about it, the more nervous about it he gets the more he'll smoke. A vicious circle, I know, but that's the way it is. Sorry about that. Like the other person said, just make house rules for when he visits and say nothing else about it. The less said the better and he will eventually think about quitting on his own. You don't need to get all the literature about how bad smoking is for him, he already knows all about the bad things it does for him.
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      Chatter 

      answered 2 years ago

        You can't ..only he can stop when he chooses to.  Stopping smoking is extremely hard, it's an addiction.
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        Melissa3 

        answered 2 years ago

        I know that you are concerned about your uncle and his smoking habit but all you can do is stay by his side because its his decision to stop smoking not yours
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        Niya23 

        answered 2 years ago

        Talk to him and tell him how bad he is hurting his and ur life and maybe he will understand!!
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        Maggieluvr 

        answered 2 years ago

          You can't make someone stop smoking, the person has to want to stop and get help before  he quits.  I had many family members that smoked for years and nothing we did or said would make them stop.  I always had a sneezing fit around them.  I had to be truthful to them and tell them that I could not visit them because the smoke made me sick.  They of course understood and when they visited my home they did not smoke around me, my home was a NO SMOKING home, if they wanted to smoke they went outside.  What finally stopped many of them from smoking was when one of them died of lung cancer, it's very sad but nothing that was said influenced the at all.  As a matter of fact, they made fun of the surgeon general and his warning on the cigarettes, that is until one of my aunts died.
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          Snincle 

          answered 2 years ago

          Every time you see him talk about cencer and tell him u are not too far way to get cencer ? He will be scare ?
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          Ramo 

          answered 2 years ago

          Pressurising him will not help. Make him understand that you love him and that it hurts you to see him harming himself. But also tell him you know that it is an addiction and that he himself needs to face it himself. Tell him you will help him in any way you can.
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          Padraig 

          answered 2 years ago

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