Comments on: 9 Reasons Not To Smoke – Quiting for Your Children

By: Becky Schollian

Becky Schollian — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:19:17 +0000

Love this post Jenn!! I am a smoker and have tried to quit many times through out the years. I even tried Chantix twice with n o luck..UGH!! Due to my G’son developing Asthma it was crucial to quit. I started using Blu electronic cigarettes and I have to say they are fantastic!!

By: md kennedy

md kennedy — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:36:20 +0000

It took my husband three tries to quit, and then finally almost 12 years ago he quit cold turkey. It was HARD. The hardest thing he’s ever done I believe. Now I wish his daughter would quit – I don’t know if she’s used these but I will ask her, for sure!

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:25:21 +0000

I wish I would’ve quit when the kids were young. They both smoke. Hopefully they can quit for their kids.

By: MrsD

MrsD — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:35:08 +0000

Quitting smoking is hard. Very hard. But it’s possible. I smoked. I enjoyed – no, LOVED – smoking. I loved the taste, the rhythm, the feel, the EVERYTHING! When people told me I should quit, I blew them off. Who were they to tell me what to do? Why my children asked me to quit, I told them they could dictate what I did when they started paying my bills. I was determined to smoke. Then my mother died of lung cancer. Then my beloved mother-in-law got (and eventually died of) throat cancer. Yes. Both were smokers. I was present throughout each of their illnesses and at their deaths. Now, I’m hard headed and I loved smoking, but even I got the message. It was time to quit. It took me 6 months and nicotine patches, but I did it and I’ve been smoke free for almost 16 years. It CAN be done!

By: md kennedy

md kennedy — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:00:07 +0000

You’re arguments are very convincing, and you pretty much voered everything. You’d think that’d be enough to make anyone quit, but I know it is tough. My husband had to quit and it took him three tries. And he gained 50 pounds. It was incredibly difficult.

By: carla bonesteel

carla bonesteel — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:33:41 +0000

I need to quit…for myself…I don’t have the motivation of kids asking me to quit, but I feel that my life and health is just as important as a parent’s…

By: Crystal Warren

Crystal Warren — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:55:33 +0000

My husband wants to try the ECigs. He really needs to quit smoking and he’s tried before and didn’t succeed. I’m going to look into these thanks for the website.

By: Pam B.

Pam B. — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:52:32 +0000

I smoked for a few years but quit when i got pregnant with our 2nd child. No one knew it was bad for pregnant women or anything about 2nd hand smoke when I was pregnant with our 1st child. I haven’t smoked since. I do however have a friend with 2 children who smokes a lot. She smokes in her bedroom with her door shut to “keep it away from the kids” She tells me she wants to quit, but she always finds a reason not to. (Usually stress) She has such a network of family and friends that want to help…. I know it is hard, but if I can do it, anyone can.
I hope that anyone reading here who wants to quit, will use their network of family, friends and their doctor would love to help. Also. my son smoked for years. He recently quit using Chantix. Believe it or not, it even helped him quit drinking. You really have an informative post here and I am sure it will wake a few people.

By: Jayme Hennessy

Jayme Hennessy — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:58:43 +0000

Thank you for writing on a very controversial subject. I am of the mind that a parent who chooses to subject their child to uninvited second hand smoke should be arrested for child endangerment and attempted manslaughter. Smoking is that dangerous for children.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:01:54 +0000

That’s a tough one to quit. If for no other reason quitting for the children sets a good example.