15 YO and Cigarettes

[Anonymous]

Me and my DH have noticed that our 15 year old DS has come in smelli.g like.smoke a couple times in the past ~2 months. We havent confronted him about it, mostly because we dont know how to.

I dont smoke, but DH is a long time addict that has tried to quit numorous times. Both me and DH have lectured our children about the health issues of cigarrettes and I had hoped watching their father struggle to quit would have put them of smoking, but apparently it hasnt.

I have no idea how he is getting cigarettes, DH swears he has never lost anyof his, but I just need advice on confronting our son.

[Anonymous]

"I had hoped watching their father struggle to quit would have put them of smoking"

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Teens whose parents were are smokers are 10 times more likely to themselves become regular smokers at an early age or to experiment early on with cigarettes than kids with nonsmoking parents. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-teen-smoking-parents-idUSKBN0DT1QV20140513

My parents were both smokers and all of my siblings became smokers at an early age. My parents used to blame peer pressure, but it was their own example that facilitated experimentation and addiction.

Has your husband been prescribed any medication to help him quit?

If I was you, I'd ask my son if he has been smoking. Maybe he has been around friends who are smoking. I'd start with an honest conversation.

[Anonymous]

FYI they also put weed in cigarettes to smoke. So check on that too, OP.

[Anonymous]

He's not fully grown (height) at 15 but if he is smoking he can be assured of a life as a shorter man because he will not reach his full potential if he smokes. Otherwise he could keep growing until he is 21.

See what effect that has when you tell him. Temporarily cool and perpetually short or healthy and tall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI they also put weed in cigarettes to smoke. So check on that too, OP.

Er...what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI they also put weed in cigarettes to smoke. So check on that too, OP.

Er...what?

It's true. Spliffs.