smoking

my teenage daughter has been caught smoking again!!! i have tried everythng except physically tying her up. any suggestions welcome

I'm a smoker andie, but I wish to gawd I wasn't.
Take her for a ride up to christys.........sounds harsh but its made me think after seeing the ages of some in there.I know my uncle made his son smoke one after the other when he was a teen, he was caught a few times, he made him keep smokin till he was green, he never smoked again.
My days as a smoker are numbered thats for sure.

How is she getting them Andie? Maybe cutting back on any money she receives?

already did that shes getting them from so called friends at school

well, I could tell you what my mum tried on me, it worked, but only until I left home. Esther rantzen would have had a field day, believe me

thanks empress might just try that

Andie, would reconsider, why put your young girl through that, Emp herself still smokes, so obviously doesnt work ! (Good advice Emp, tut)

How old is she andie? I'm like Empress, I smoke and both my parents did but my mum always said to me that I didn't want to start smoking because I'd never have any money. She's right of course but in this non-smoking society culture of ours these days, why's your daughter smoking? Is it because she thinks it'll keep her weight down/lose weight or what?

Peer Pressure, isnt it obvious ????, good god, you lot put the world too rights in this 'little bubble' of yours, but you dont even know why a young girl would smoke, SAD !

suit you are ALWAYS in this bubble that you speak of

Hmmm, but, do I speak sense? Why would Aunty Emp recommend a course of treatment, even though she still smokes ??? Maybe you all follow the 'leader' too closely

maybe you listen to folk who talk the same sh*te as you eh? up your street

lol, poor response, 1/10

suit is probably rite though, thats why i started when was younger and i think thats why kids do now, there friends are doing it so they do,,wish i never started but its so hard to stop

thanks Zoe, Alfie, to you, all that means is peer pressure, ie, "Me mates do it, so should I", not the house of lords making us smoke !!!

put your ale away suit and talk sense who are you to give adcise then as you have said that you smoke

im not giving advice about stopping smoking, moron, read back

BRB.....Need a smoke

no t*thead you were trieing yet another wind up

i was a smoker up until two years ago stopped because of pressure and guilt from kids. she is 13 and i know i didnt listen at that age and thought i knew better than anyone else thats why i am so concerned we all like to think our own will never do it dont we

i really really hate to say it but .....the suit is right its peer preasure i smoked when i was 12 because everyone else did but i did pack in because i got bored. but i did start again at 18 but packed in fully 3 years ago i would never start again. maybe its just a fase. i did hear tales of mums who would make kids smoke a full box one after the other 'till they where sick and it worked but you would probably get arrested now

Why do you hate to say i'm right Em? Do you hate not being part of the flock/pack ?, do you hate the idea of agreeing with me and being cast out ?

Why not just be you ? I'll admit, I AM abrasive, but only to those who welcome/deserve it ! Now, where is Art (sorry, Alfie)

Sorry to hear your daughters 13, andie and smoking. I was 19 when my mum read me the riot act but I do think it's a lot to do with keeping slim. Thing is, if your meant to be slim you will be, if your going to be chunky you will be. It's life. But government seems to think different.

Andie, as a former cancer sufferer (and that IS the truth), please take my advice, neither your daughter, nor the people who are suffering, appreciate the "This is what'll happen to you" tour. Just sit her down, let her know how much her antics are scaring you to death, keeping you awake at night !. I'm sure she is a sound girl, and a heart-to-heart may just do the trick love

I know at my wits end she is natural thin anyway but think you are right about slimming and peer pressure

Does she know how much it hurts you Andie?

i told mine look your dad smokes and would love not to i am hooked and its very hard to kick it
i said you are young enough to stop before you really start

yes but her dad and i have just seperated so she going through a lot as well

because, suit you do seem very aggressive and a know it all and put very sarci comments, you sound very much like prodigal. i may have got you wrong but you have not shown me any different side. at the end of the day it is a web site not a CULT i say what i feel NOT what i'm told to say. i will never meet anyone and visa vesa i just like to join in the chat but if someone is being rude and spoiling peoples fun i will comment in my own opinion.

Em, your a lost soul, stay with your betters (or, the ones you let be your betters) TTFN

WHATEVER LOVE, NITE NITE

emma dont take him on hes talking a load of bull sh*t and he is prodigal too

They allowing you to sleep Em ??? lol

OH SHUT UP

lolol, Alfie, you soooooo brave, protecting all the fems who would never look at you any other way, bless xxx

got myself a nice woman same age-ish as me suit
and you do you have a partner?

My dad offered me cigarettes from about 12 which I never took but my friends smoked because they wanted to do something daring and grown up.