Should I tell people I quit smoking?
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Should I tell people I quit smoking?
Absolutely. If you commit to it by telling others, they will help you and not sabotage you. That is actually a key thing. If someone offers you a cigarette while you are quitting, remember they are a saboteur and not a real friend.
What to say to someone who is trying to quit smoking?
You might say:
- “I’m so proud of you for trying to quit smoking. I’ll help with whatever you need to make it happen.”
- “Quitting smoking will be hard, but I know you can do it. Have you set a quit date?”
- “You’re not in this alone.
- “Quitting smoking is the best thing I ever did!
How do you politely ask someone if they smoke?
The usual question would be direct: “Do you smoke?” or something similar, and it is mostly an invitation to join in a quick smoky fun time, or just to borrow a lighter or cigarette. The smell of rain “Petrichor” does occasionally smell like smoke.
How do you tell your friends you quit smoking?
Do congratulate the person who’s quitting for making a quit attempt, and remind them that it can take many attempts before quitting for good. Don’t scold, tease, nag, blame, or make the person who’s quitting feel guilty. Be sure they know that you care about them, whether or not they smoke.
How do you encourage someone to stop smoking?
You can help by:
- telling them to take it one day at a time and reward themselves throughout the quitting process.
- encouraging them to exercise regularly – this helps deal with withdrawal symptoms, avoid weight gain and improve mood.
- reminding them to look after themselves – to get plenty of sleep and eat well.
The good news: it can be easier to quit smoking if you are a social smoker. That’s because you might only smoke in certain situations or have specific triggers that encourage your smoking. You will still face challenges. Try to develop a plan for how you will handle being around people who are smoking or in places where you used to smoke.
Even one cigarette now and then might hurt your social life too. Like regular smokers, social smokers have the smell of smoke on their clothes and on their breath. Plus, social smoking means the people you’re with are exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is dangerous to anyone who breathes it in.
Social smokers smoke occasionally and almost always in groups—often while drinking alcohol. For many people, drinking alcohol is a trigger, or an activity they connect with smoking. Many social smokers do not think they are harming themselves because they do not smoke every day; however, there are health consequences if you smoke,…
Is tobacco use socially acceptable?
Repeated and ubiquitous messages reinforcing the positive attributes of tobacco use give youths the impression that tobacco use is pervasive, normative in many social contexts, and socially acceptable among people they aspire to be like.