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difficult child's smoking...any advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 111206" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>As you said, if he doesn't want to quit, he's not going to. Given that it is against the law for a minor to smoke, you might be to go that route but, let's face it, the police and courts aren't going to do a dang thing about 15 YO smoking -- they just have bigger priorities.</p><p></p><p>I would simply leave it that he cannot smoke on your property or at school. You, nor any member of your immediate family, will not assist in any way to get him cigarettes or any tobacco property.</p><p></p><p>I smoke. I'd give anything to quit and I've tried everything to stop. My daughter started smoking when she was about 18. I cried but I knew there was nothing I could do about it. Until she is ready to quit, she's going to smoke. She's also old enough to legally smoke.</p><p></p><p>One thing you might try is not forbidding the smoking but taking him to the American Lung Association and having him view the pictures of what his lungs are going to look like. They pretty graphic and gross. I hope something opens his eyes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 111206, member: 3626"] As you said, if he doesn't want to quit, he's not going to. Given that it is against the law for a minor to smoke, you might be to go that route but, let's face it, the police and courts aren't going to do a dang thing about 15 YO smoking -- they just have bigger priorities. I would simply leave it that he cannot smoke on your property or at school. You, nor any member of your immediate family, will not assist in any way to get him cigarettes or any tobacco property. I smoke. I'd give anything to quit and I've tried everything to stop. My daughter started smoking when she was about 18. I cried but I knew there was nothing I could do about it. Until she is ready to quit, she's going to smoke. She's also old enough to legally smoke. One thing you might try is not forbidding the smoking but taking him to the American Lung Association and having him view the pictures of what his lungs are going to look like. They pretty graphic and gross. I hope something opens his eyes. [/QUOTE]
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