Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First of all OP, rest assured I grew up in a home with a chain smoking parent and trust me, I am now 45 and I have NEVER nor will I EVER smoke a cigarette. I saw all too well the damaging effects firsthand that smoking does to a person and decided early on that I wanted no part of that lifestyle. So just because your wife smokes, does not mean that your son will pick up the habit.

That being said, I totally understand you wanting your wife to quit this very unhealthy and gross habit.

She is not only putting her own health in jeopardy, but also your son's as well if she chooses to smoke in front of him because as we've all been told, second-hand smoke is very dangerous.

I do not smoke, but I have been told that it is very difficult to quit once you start. What your wife needs now is patience and support from you.

Try to offer that to her on a daily basis if you can and try to avoid any criticism on your part.

I am not current on any smoking cessation techniques or solutions that are available right now, but whatever your wife decides to use, again...Try to be as patient as you can be. It will not be an easy road for her and there will be times where she will backslide.

But with your full support by her side, the odds that she can conquer this awful habit are stacked highly in her favor.

Good luck to the both of you.

My parents were smokers. IT's the best bad example you could have. When all my friends were smoking in high school, I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to do such a thing. I still can't.

Adults who continue to smoke are generally very weak willed people. They are also huge slobs, tossing their butts everywhere and every one of them denies it. But just look in their cars and you won't see any butts in their ashtray. It all goes out the window. Smokers are hopeless. Like alcoholics, they will promise you anything when their back is against the wall.

I found a lot of people in the IT field smoke as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First of all OP, rest assured I grew up in a home with a chain smoking parent and trust me, I am now 45 and I have NEVER nor will I EVER smoke a cigarette. I saw all too well the damaging effects firsthand that smoking does to a person and decided early on that I wanted no part of that lifestyle. So just because your wife smokes, does not mean that your son will pick up the habit.

That being said, I totally understand you wanting your wife to quit this very unhealthy and gross habit.

She is not only putting her own health in jeopardy, but also your son's as well if she chooses to smoke in front of him because as we've all been told, second-hand smoke is very dangerous.

I do not smoke, but I have been told that it is very difficult to quit once you start. What your wife needs now is patience and support from you.

Try to offer that to her on a daily basis if you can and try to avoid any criticism on your part.

I am not current on any smoking cessation techniques or solutions that are available right now, but whatever your wife decides to use, again...Try to be as patient as you can be. It will not be an easy road for her and there will be times where she will backslide.

But with your full support by her side, the odds that she can conquer this awful habit are stacked highly in her favor.

Good luck to the both of you.

My parents were smokers. IT's the best bad example you could have. When all my friends were smoking in high school, I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to do such a thing. I still can't.

Adults who continue to smoke are generally very weak willed people. They are also huge slobs, tossing their butts everywhere and every one of them denies it. But just look in their cars and you won't see any butts in their ashtray. It all goes out the window. Smokers are hopeless. Like alcoholics, they will promise you anything when their back is against the wall.

Anonymous wrote:First of all OP, rest assured I grew up in a home with a chain smoking parent and trust me, I am now 45 and I have NEVER nor will I EVER smoke a cigarette. I saw all too well the damaging effects firsthand that smoking does to a person and decided early on that I wanted no part of that lifestyle. So just because your wife smokes, does not mean that your son will pick up the habit.

That being said, I totally understand you wanting your wife to quit this very unhealthy and gross habit.

She is not only putting her own health in jeopardy, but also your son's as well if she chooses to smoke in front of him because as we've all been told, second-hand smoke is very dangerous.

I do not smoke, but I have been told that it is very difficult to quit once you start. What your wife needs now is patience and support from you.

Try to offer that to her on a daily basis if you can and try to avoid any criticism on your part.

I am not current on any smoking cessation techniques or solutions that are available right now, but whatever your wife decides to use, again...Try to be as patient as you can be. It will not be an easy road for her and there will be times where she will backslide.

But with your full support by her side, the odds that she can conquer this awful habit are stacked highly in her favor.

Good luck to the both of you.