My mom won’t quit smoking
Hello everyone,
My mom has been smoking since she was in her late teens, and now she’s 48. I’m constantly worried sick about her and she refuses to listen to me when i talk to her about the risks of smoking. I’m in the 10th grade and i dont have much close family other than her, so im really afraid. she often brushes me off and tells me that shes going to stop when she wants to, and that her mother and grandmother smoked their whole lives and nothing happened to them. she always gets really angry at me when i say something. at some point i was able to convince her to lower the amount of cigarettes she smokes in a day, but i have a feeling that she’s lying to me about it now. I understand that nicotine addiction is very hard to overcome, but its been years and she refuses to talk to a therapist or actually try to stop. Im very concerned because she has a bit of a weak immune system and tends to get sick pretty easily, so smoking might make that even worse in the future. she says that she gets yearly x-rays, but i honestly dont think that its enough. i cant tell if im being too dramatic over this since i tend to get really anxious and panicky over health related topics. she constantly tells me that its just anxiety and i need to let it go and that she can figure it out. im sorry for this post being all over the place but if anyone has any tips or advice it would be greatly appreciated.