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difficult child's smoking...any advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 111222" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My daughter smoked. We knew we couldn't stop it outside the house, but we forbade cigarettes in our house. That meant she was subject to a cigarette check, including her purse and room. Any time we found cigarettes (we did a lot, and they were always her friends--she was just holding them :wink: ) we destroyed them. We also promised to prosecute anyone over 18 who was buying them for her if we found out who it was. We never did, but it did make her nervous. In no way were we going to act as if we approved of it. I never "get" parents who say "if she's doing it, I'd rather have her do it around me." Heck no. If she did it, she had to find a place to smoke and in our small, crime-free town, the cops bust underage smokers and it's $75. She got caught once and we made her earn her $75. She is now 23, off all the drugs she was using (THAT was tons of fun) and has quit smoking cigarettes. In fact, now she's the biggest, "You're smoke is gross" person alive. I'm not sure that our refusal to approve of it helped her decide to quit, but it didn't hurt. It's a terrible habit that is very hard to kick, yet she did it. But it's not pleasant; if you don't want to quit you won't. However, parents don't have to allow it around them. As an aside, my husband used to smoke. He did try Zyban/Wellbutrin to quit, but it didn't help him. But maybe it will help your son. My hub had to quit the old-fashion way--cold turkeky. We're really proud of him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 111222, member: 1550"] My daughter smoked. We knew we couldn't stop it outside the house, but we forbade cigarettes in our house. That meant she was subject to a cigarette check, including her purse and room. Any time we found cigarettes (we did a lot, and they were always her friends--she was just holding them [img]:wink:[/img] ) we destroyed them. We also promised to prosecute anyone over 18 who was buying them for her if we found out who it was. We never did, but it did make her nervous. In no way were we going to act as if we approved of it. I never "get" parents who say "if she's doing it, I'd rather have her do it around me." Heck no. If she did it, she had to find a place to smoke and in our small, crime-free town, the cops bust underage smokers and it's $75. She got caught once and we made her earn her $75. She is now 23, off all the drugs she was using (THAT was tons of fun) and has quit smoking cigarettes. In fact, now she's the biggest, "You're smoke is gross" person alive. I'm not sure that our refusal to approve of it helped her decide to quit, but it didn't hurt. It's a terrible habit that is very hard to kick, yet she did it. But it's not pleasant; if you don't want to quit you won't. However, parents don't have to allow it around them. As an aside, my husband used to smoke. He did try Zyban/Wellbutrin to quit, but it didn't help him. But maybe it will help your son. My hub had to quit the old-fashion way--cold turkeky. We're really proud of him. [/QUOTE]
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