A cousin who's addicted to smoking..and drives the family crazy

I have a lot of family members, ,as some of you, or all of you should know. But there's one family memember of mine that's addicted to smoking... and was sent to the hospital at least two times, and he promised my whole entire family that he would stop smoking, and doing other things such as drinking too much. He didnt keep his promise, and he continues to smoke--- it runs in the family, my uncle used to smoke, but he quit like eight years ago... Anyways, I am really worried for my cousin, cause i know that smoking is bad for your lungs, and can do a lot of harm. Is there anything that my family or I can do to stop this horrible smoking habit, or should we just watch my cousin get hurt?! Please let me know. Thank-you.

 

I have battled the tobacco addiction most of my adult life. It gets you in it's grip and does not want to let go. At this point any of us with even minimal intelligence know of the risks of smoking so it would probably do know good to talk to him about the risks. The one thing that keeps me going on the path to quitting is knowing there are peoiple who care for me and want me around for many years. Let your cousin know you care and want to know him alive for many years to come.

 

okay thanks for replying, will we all tried talking to my cousin, and as you said, it didnt do any good, whatsoever. but i did managed to take a cigeratte out of one of his friend's hands, and of course burned my finger, that was a long time ago, and it was to teach me two lessons:
1) dont touch a cigarette when its been lite
2) stay far away
of course i am still upset about that edvent, but i will never forget it, and I myself has already commited to never smoke.

 

Well it's good to see kids (teenagers) that are against smoking. Nasty, ADDICTIVE habit. Good luck with your cousin but a person has to really WANT to quit to quit.

 

exactly. Not until the point where your cousin is ready to quit, will he/she. And even then, it's extremely difficult. Cigarettes are super-addictive and it's not really as simple as saying you are going to quit. I quit three years ago, and I still find myself consumed with the wanting at times.