How can i quit smoking?

How can I help my mom quit smoking?

• She wants to quit! but shes been smoking since she was 14 so it will be hard for her. She always complains shes having chest troubles and shes out of shape because she smokes. Now is a perfect time to quit because my sisters having a baby and she said if she doesn't quit her kid can't come to our house. Which is understandable. But my mom always says shes going to quit but then never follows through with it. I've told her it hurts my throat and I have trouble breathing (which it does), and I've used facts to try and inspire her to quit. So far none of it has worked. Our house smells horrible, the walls are turning yellow, my hair and clothes smell like smoke where ever I go! I hate it, i smell like smoke 24/7.! so how can I help her.

• Answer:

  Hide her fags, buy her the patches or the plastic/fake cigarette and have a long talk about it. You need to take this moment when she has no cigarettes to convince her not to go out and buy another pack. If she does decide to give quitting a go, try to make her life a little easier- help around the house and don't stress her too much. And maybe try to encourage another fixation. When my dad tried quitting he used those extra strong mints as a substitute, sucking on them helped distract him from the fact he wasn't smoking anymore. If she doesn't quit straight away, maybe try to get her slowly cut down on the number of fags she smokes instead.