In adolescence, it is quite natural for the desire to appear more mature and to try new things, quite often it can lead to the child becoming addicted to smoking. If a teenager is already involved and wants to smoke, then it becomes very difficult to help him, in this case, both his efforts and the efforts of his relatives are needed. Before helping a teenager quit smoking, it is worth pondering, but why did he start smoking and how to talk to him about smoking.
Only calmness
Swearing and shouting, most likely will not help, more than that - they will do harm. The juvenile mentality is very vulnerable and you start shouting, most likely you will simply lose your trust or even force it to act against you.
Try to learn more about the dangers of smoking, then choose the time and calmly talk with the child.
Ask him about the reasons that pushed him to try cigarettes, what he likes about it and what does not like.
Be honest. Tell everything you know about smoking, what it can lead to and try to understand your attitude to this situation, that you do not like the fact of having this bad habit with him, but that the child you still love and want him to help.
In this situation, there is a small nuance - if you smoke yourself, then most likely the conversation will not give an effect.
Widely prevalent position "let him smoke - but does not prick or drink." However, in reality, everything is exactly the opposite - an organism, accustomed to a single drug, quickly gets used to others. And the harm caused by nicotine to a child's body is incommensurably greater and can lead in the future to very serious negative results.
Start acting
In adolescents, the dependence on smoking is produced very quickly, but it's hard to get rid of it. Therefore, your ally should become patience - in a few days you are unlikely to cope.
It is necessary to motivate the teenager to quit smoking. Such motivation can be money saved by refusing cigarettes, an example of a man whom a teenager respects and who quit smoking. Girls can be told about the harm that smoking causes to the skin and hair, to boys - that smoking strongly affects the physical form.
Day of refusal of smoking
If the decision to quit smoking is taken, then it is necessary to quit immediately, in one day. An interesting psychological device is the conduct of a kind of "ritual of the last cigarette," as psychologists recommend. To do this, it is necessary to choose a single day and get out by the whole family to the nature - this will help the teenager to survive the initial "breaking" easier.
Throw out of the house everything that reminds about cigarettes and smoking, carefully wash all clothes so that the smell of cigarettes will fade away. If you have friends who successfully quit smoking, you can ask them to talk with the child about how they went through the process of quitting.
Change the mode
It is better to cook something than a teenager can "seize" the desire to smoke, which he will necessarily arise. For this you can use dried fruits, carrot sticks, fruit. Do not take chips and sweets - it's bad for the figure.
Try to maximally take a teenager, so that he, first, had as little time as possible, which he usually spent on smoking, and secondly, he felt his importance for the family.
It is also necessary for the child to sleep more and more often in the open air and in the sun - this will help the body to quickly rebuild without nicotine feed.
You can invite a teenager to go in for sports together. Active activities help the body produce hormones of happiness, the same as tobacco, thereby helping to carry cravings for cigarettes. A good solution is to support the teenager in this endeavor by engaging with him.
For the future
To completely get rid of nicotine dependence usually takes at least 3-4 months. Be prepared for the fact that the teenager will be irritable, his academic performance will drop - but it's worth it. Try to draw his attention to harmless methods of stress removal. Often praise him and emphasize his pride for his willpower, which enabled him (or her) to give up cigarettes.