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My friend smokes
I have had this friend for 6 yrs. She told me that she had started smoking and asked me to also. What should I do to help my friend
No I did not start smoking.
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well obviously smoking is bad for you and if she was one of your best friends she wouldnt be encouraing you to smoke in the first place.
Stay friends with her and just see what happens. If she starts to get really bad, that its your decision, do you wanna be friends with her or no?
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I had a few of my close friends take up smoking during exams... I know they found this incredibly irritating, but I'm severely allergic to cigarette smoke, so I couldn't be around them while they were smoking, and I annoyed them out of the habit, odd as that sounds.
At every available opportunity, I'd start reading the warnings on cigarette packs, pointing out the pictures if they were gruesome ones (I don't know if they have this everywhere, but in Ontario we have pictures and warnings on cigarette packs, like "Smoking causes lung cancer" accompanied by a picture of cancer). I'd also leave every time they started to light up.
I don't know if it'll help at all, but it worked for me!
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It's not really easy to stop someone who is addicted to smoking. But if she's not addicted, tell her how bad it is and look it up online to find the concequences. It's basically something all teens experience sometime in their lives, and I'm glad that you said no, because peer pressure is hard.
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That is a good thing that you did not start smoking. This is a very common problem, and almost everyone will go through it. What you need to do is tell your friend that if you and her want to still be friends, then she needs to quit smoking. Whenever you see her smoking, just look at her and tell her and then walk away. Hang out with her and do things to keep her mind off smoking.
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You are very smart to not start smoking. Never give in to what anyone says, even if they are your best friend. You may get in trouble, or the other person may see you as pathetic, that you give in to everything. So it is good that you do not smoke, and do not start!
As for your friend, she's probably not addicted yet to smoking. You need to stop her before she does. Have a strict and serious conversation with her. Say in a serious tone, "Do you WANT to DIE?" and if she tries to say, "It's no big deal..." you need to have evidence to back up your statement about how smoking is bad.
Did you know that smoking....
-Slows down your heart rate, which means it is very hard to lose weight/exercise
-Bad Breath & yellow teeth which is unattractive to most guys
-Smoking increases chances of many types of cancer, heart attacks & strokes
-Smoking affects the ability to have a healthy baby
-weight gain (up to 5 pounds)
-Stuffy nose, and more colds
-cause asthma, and if she already has asthma, she could die
-damage voice box
You need to tell your friend about all of this effects that smoking could have on her! Is your friend a teen? Well, when you smoke and you're a teen, it can deform your body, and cause you not to be able to grow.
Below, I put some sites that might give you more details on what else to say to your friend. If she still won't believe you, try looking on google for some pictures of smokers' body parts. It may be gross, but it might put a little bit of common sense into her.
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Ultimately, the choice is up to her. You can't force her to quit, but you can try to help her. I've had smokers in my family who used to smoke, and they developed bad health problems from it because they quit too late. Don't let that happen to your friend.
P.S.- That's very young to start smoking. She might just be saying that to impress you, but it is possible that she could of. She probably still can quit easily, but as you get older, it gets harder to quit, so hopefully you can convince her to quit now.
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tell her that you won't.
tell her it is unhealthy.
and just don't follow her.
That is what I did.
It took my friend 2 years to see he was doing was wrong, but hey.
what he couldn't stand was smoking alone, people prefer to smoke with company, we just had to isolate him for a while.
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First of all, don't give in to peeer pressure or smoke. for your friend, since she has been your friend for so long you probably do not want to give her up. and you don't hvae to. try to help her to quit smoking. explain why its bad for her, how bad it is for her health, and everything. if she needs help, there are quitting tips & programs. or get a trusted adult to help you guys.
when she pressures you to smoke, tell her no & dont give in just because your her friend. smoking is really addictive, and even if oyu just smoke once or twice you can get addicted. and quitting is very, very difficult. its so bad for your health, and a big waste of money (think of what you could spend a year's supply of cigarettes on!). dont start.
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If you havent already, tell her some of the things that smoking does to her. Tell her that it doesnt make her look cool. Ask her why she started. If she says something like "well all my firneds are" then just tell her that those kind of friends arent the kind of people she needs to be hanging out with. I know it might be hard but if her parents dont know, you should tell them. There is going to be something that they can do. There are programs to help her quit if you can convince her too. Whatever you do dont start smoking!
Hope this helped!
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