So you need to convince them that they have to stop. Choosing your timing, and exactly what you say is important. Rather than say something in the heat of a row, or when they are stressed. Say something when everyone is happy and they are least expecting a comment about their smoking. You also want to get your brother on side so he can say something too.

You need to explain that the reason you want them to stop smoking is because you love them and you don’t want to see them killing themselves.

No parent likes to think that they won’t see their child grow up. I knew someone who smoked heavily for years but when his 8 year old granddaughter was talking about graduation she said to him “but you won’t be there to see it grandad, you will have died by then because you smoke”. He screwed up his cigarettes there and then and never smoked again.

Any talk of starting to smoke to try and teach them a lesson is ridiculous. If you never start smoking, you’ll never have to stop.

You say they can’t afford to use any stop smoking programs, but firstly they will save money once they have quit, so it is an investment, rather than an expense. Secondly, there are more important things in life than money. Good health and being there to watch you children grow up are two of them.

Although it is harder to give up without professional help, IT IS POSSIBLE. Implore them to quit and tell them now you will be there to help them and I am sure they can do it.

There are lots of free resources out there to help, either online or at health centres or hospitals (dependant on which country you are in).

Lastly, don’t give up. Keep on at them and I am sure they will come round to your way of thinking. Then stick with them when they are quitting. Give them lots of encouragement and if they ever fail, keep
supporting then to try again… and again. They can do this, often easier than they think.

Remember, stick at it, you are doing the right thing.

i cried my heart out during the videos of how bad smoking is and the diseases you can get, idk if my dad has any! It only takes 1 cigarette to mess with your brian, dude, no joke. there are over 400 chemicals in a cigarette. light cigarettes are a lie, seriously.

how did i get my dad to agree to quit?

i told him that he wasn’t setting a good example for me. and plus, i am 13, and he is 52, how would he grow up to see me marry my husband with cigarettes? he was lucky to not have a cancer, a lot of people are not. i cried at night when i thought about how much i loved my dad, and how much he smoked.

are your parents overweight? my dad is, i added that onto a list of things that could shorten his lifespan to scare him into quitting.

i didn’t yell at him to quite, i begged him to, and he saw how much i cared and that i was being nice about it, not mean.

show them empathy and understanding. let them cut down first, then save the money thy WOULD have spent buying a cigarette and put it in a jar. they can buy something nice with it, or spend it on medicine at first. after the first 2 weeks, made no diff. to my dad

TIP: my dad buys tons of tictacs. the takes deep breaths after letting it melt for maybe a minute. it helps get some feeling sorta like smoking in his lungs, he says.

i dont know leave supposed “evidence” you smoked like empty packets of fags (ask your friends for the boxes?) that your parents dont smoke around the house.