No matter how hard you remind your senior that smoking can kill, they will still – and stubbornly – do it. You know why? It is because they believe that when they reach a certain age, they can do whatever they please since they will die soon anyway. What they don’t know though is that smoking actually lessens their quality of life which means that the time they should be up and running chasing their grandkids could easily be a life too tired and breathless to get up the couch. While it is true that we will all die anyway, wouldn’t it be nicer if we go with much cleaner lungs?
Do note too that five years of not smoking is equivalent to years saved from having any smoke-related diseases such as lung problems and even cancer. There are immediate effects when you stop smoking such as marked improvement in senses of taste and smell. Your breathing is more likely to become easier. Best of all, you are doing the world a whole lot of favor by not polluting it any further. Most doctors advise their seniors to stop smoking because smoking can aggravate whatever disease your senior might be having right now and it goes without saying that it prevents a doctor from giving you the right diagnosis for your condition if the patient is still smoking.
One way of quitting is going cold turkey although this method has uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that your senior may not like. Are they even ready for this? If you would like to get your senior to stop smoking, the decision should first come from his own self than forcing them to do it. As you may know, if you force them to quit they will just end up sneaking a stick or two when you’re not looking.
Preparation is very important if you would like your senior to quite smoking. There is no better way to prepare them for what’s ahead than bringing them to the nearest health clinic which specializes in smoking or lung care and have them prepped by a professional. This way, your senior will have all the information they need firsthand.
It is also important to give them all the support they need when they eventually decided on quitting. Needless to say, you should stop smoking too if you are to preach about non-smoking lifestyle. They to remind them, if you feel they are slipping into smoking again, what they would be missing and why they are doing it in the first place. Discouraging others from smoking when your senior is around will also help.
