My daughter is 18, a college student,
athsmatic and has started smoking. I have
combed the web looking for information on
persuading her that this is a very very
bad idea but I'm having trouble finding
the sites / descriptives I want to use.
We discussed why she shouldn't smoke a
long while ago now its reached a critical
point.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 06-02-08 14:18pm
My goodness! Smoking is harmful could be
life threatening to someone with asthma.
It is important that she stop smoking
before she becomes addicted. The lungs
are already impaired and she doesn't need
to fill her lungs with black tar. It's
basically a death sentence for her: her
life is going to slow way down because
she's going to need all her energy just to
breathe after a time, and that doesn't
include with coughing and wheezing fits
that she will have. She will not be able
to keep up with her friends and do the
activities that she enjoys. She will
become tired and lack the energy to
study.
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Posted: 06-02-08 21:03pm
I have Asthma my self, I mean I wouldnt
sit here smoke because that worsens my
condition. I'm really sorry about your
daughter, man she's really just WORSENING
her condition. http://www.asthma.
com/asthma_and_smoking.html It depends
how bad her asthma is, what effects her,
how long it lasts, what do you guys do for
treatments, maintainence, medication and
all of that.
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krystineM
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Posted: 06-02-08 22:04pm
show her pictures of a decayed lung due to
smoking.
show her how much money she would save if
shes not smoking. smokes arent cheap.
get your doctor to explain to her how
smoking is bad for her condition.
..i dont see how withdrawing her aid for
college would make her stop smoking...she
could just find different ways in paying
for school and continue to smoke.
explain to her that smoking is not
something thats healthy, it can lead to
lung cancer, heart problems, make her
unactive, make your skin look like
leather, and make you age faster which is
not pretty at all. leaves your hair
smelling like crap and your clothes
smelling the same way.
i know its not much, but it could help..
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PestimisticAngel
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Posted: 06-03-08 15:08pm
krystineM
wrote:
show her pictures of a
decayed lung due to smoking.
show her how much money she would save if
shes not smoking. smokes arent cheap.
get your doctor to explain to her how
smoking is bad for her condition.
..i dont see how withdrawing her aid for
college would make her stop smoking...she
could just find different ways in paying
for school and continue to smoke.
explain to her that smoking is not
something thats healthy, it can lead to
lung cancer, heart problems, make her
unactive, make your skin look like
leather, and make you age faster which is
not pretty at all. leaves your hair
smelling like crap and your clothes
smelling the same way.
i know its not much, but it could
help..
Yeah all of this input,
feedback should be very helpful to her.
