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Post by scrappintoee on Sept 21, 2019 1:47:22 GMT
OP and others who posted---with all the scary stories in the news recently, I wondered how your kids are doing ? I hope they were able to quit! (( hugs ))
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Post by femalebusiness on Sept 21, 2019 2:39:17 GMT
Is the stuff he is vaping have nicotine in it? Not all does? He needs to go cold turkey at his age. Adding a patch with nicotine in it only prolongs the withdrawal. Plus I tried them as an adult and those things are not great in my opinion. Im not sure how you can get him to stop. I really wished anything my parents did would have made me stop. Im 40 now and 30 days smoke free. I started when I was 13 Hang in there. You are likely to go through some hard times trying not to relapse. It takes a surprisingly long time to stop craving cigs, but it does get easier. I quit on my 40th birthday after smoking from the age of 17. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but so, so worth it. I wish you the power to never smoke again.
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Post by scrappington on Sept 21, 2019 19:41:28 GMT
Is the stuff he is vaping have nicotine in it? Not all does? He needs to go cold turkey at his age. Adding a patch with nicotine in it only prolongs the withdrawal. Plus I tried them as an adult and those things are not great in my opinion. Im not sure how you can get him to stop. I really wished anything my parents did would have made me stop. Im 40 now and 30 days smoke free. I started when I was 13 Hang in there. You are likely to go through some hard times trying not to relapse. It takes a surprisingly long time to stop craving cigs, but it does get easier. I quit on my 40th birthday after smoking from the age of 17. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but so, so worth it. I wish you the power to never smoke again. Thank you so much. It's been 5 months and yes there are some hard moments but I really don't want to go thru the quit process again. I don't want to smoke. My DH still smokes and working in construction I'm around it enough.
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Post by kernriver on Sept 21, 2019 20:03:44 GMT
I have no fucking clue how to get a teenager to do or not do anything. I’ll be watching this thread to see if anyone else does.
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Post by femalebusiness on Sept 21, 2019 22:20:40 GMT
Hang in there. You are likely to go through some hard times trying not to relapse. It takes a surprisingly long time to stop craving cigs, but it does get easier. I quit on my 40th birthday after smoking from the age of 17. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but so, so worth it. I wish you the power to never smoke again. Thank you so much. It's been 5 months and yes there are some hard moments but I really don't want to go thru the quit process again. I don't want to smoke. My DH still smokes and working in construction I'm around it enough. It is hard to be around someone who smokes when you have just quit. After I quit, about three times I smoked one of my sister's cigarettes (very stupid). The third time I did that was about two years after I had quit. I have never been so sick in my life. I threw up, had a massive headache and had to go lay down. That cured me for good. Never have I even been tempted again. It's been thirty years since I quit but every once in a while I will smell a freshly lit cigarette and it still smells good to me, however I am not even a little bit tempted to smoke one. I have heard that it is easier to kick heroin than cigarettes and I would not doubt that. You can do it though and it is really worth suffering through the quitting.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Sept 21, 2019 22:34:14 GMT
OP and others who posted---with all the scary stories in the news recently, I wondered how your kids are doing ? I hope they were able to quit! (( hugs )) OP here. I haven't had any evidence of him vaping but I'm pretty certain he is. With all these news stories in the media, when he starts coughing, my first thought is he's got this vaping related illness.
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Post by teddyw on Sept 22, 2019 0:01:06 GMT
The health departments here came out in the past 2 days advising people to throw their vapes out immediately based on the cdc.
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 22, 2019 0:36:53 GMT
Vaping is scary. Half listening to news, I'm sure I heard that vaping companies (Juul?) made presentations in HS talking about how safe is was. WTF???
The best advice I have for the teen years is to tell your kids you know can't make them do anything. You aren't going to tolerate anything illegal in your house and choices made now will impact their options in a year or two, so you would rather they didn't have doors close on them. Everyone is expected to be polite and respectful of others in the house. You trust them to make good choices.
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Post by paigepea on Sept 22, 2019 0:57:04 GMT
I haven’t read the replies.
I think it’s so great that you want to help him kick this habit as I find some parents around here think it’s no big deal. At my dd’s schools they lectured the kids on vaping companies and how they’re targeting kids, and that if you buy their products you’re a sucker for their advertisements. The school took the big business approach and told the kids to think for themselves and not be victims. Dd took this very seriously. She is also scared to hell of the chemicals.
I don’t know the answer you need but I’m sending you good vibes.
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Post by scrappintoee on Sept 22, 2019 1:40:28 GMT
OP here. I haven't had any evidence of him vaping but I'm pretty certain he is. With all these news stories in the media, when he starts coughing, my first thought is he's got this vaping related illness. Ugh, I'm sorry One of my closest friends just found out her 18-year-old son is vaping and obviously, she's worried!
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Post by ametallichick on Sept 22, 2019 1:56:04 GMT
If he was doing harder drugs, you'd consult with a doctor, right? Vaping is toxic, and the nicotine is addictive. He needs medical help to detox. I'm sorry you are dealing with this. Also, somewhat related, has anyone noticed that there are vape commercials? I'm pretty sure cig commercials are banned, why not vape commercials? I have noticed it. And they seem more prevalent now since all the news of the recent deaths related to vaping.
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Post by samantha25 on Sept 22, 2019 5:06:38 GMT
My sister, who is 48 yo, declared that she quit smoking, so I congratulated her, but then she said she is vaping instead because there's no tar, etc... ugh... I just held my tongue and said- "I guess that's better?" Our dad died from lung caner who was a smoker and drinker. And all of my mom's friends, including my dear sister smokes like a fiend around my mother who is going through chemotherapy, but they are smoking/vaping outside and blow the smoke away from her. But since Mom is smoking pot for chemo, I guess everyone else is indulging, too. Another example of not my monkey so not my party. I hope mom lives a longer life and these smoke sessions don't interfere with her treatment.
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