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writes:Please help my 14 year old friend smokes occasionaly when he is out with people who do smoke and it worries me because he didnt used to and i feel he is doing it to show off and i really care about him and he knows that and he wont listen to me because he likes to annoy me with it because he knows it bothers me. I think he is trying to fit in. It doesn't seem like him. I really want him to stop being someone he isn't he wont listen to me. Please don't say "let him do what he wants" because im worried about him and he also has cardiomyography (heart problems). Please help
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reader, Abacadaba +, writes (22 April 2007):
 i agree with DrPsych, i started smoking when i was 11, this was before warnings where printed on packets or anything, and i was relativly clueless to the dangers, i myself have looked at pictures and believe me at times ive wanted to throw my packet in the bin, get it early before he gets to involved in it, also tell him about the amount of money it costs, 20 fags a day, 5 quid a packet, 35 quid a week, thats almost 2 grand a year just on killing yourself, make him VERY aware of the dangers.
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reader, DrPsych +, writes (21 April 2007):
 You could show him some of the more gory pictures of what smoking does to you. In my experience, smokers only stop when they are ready to and many chronic adult smokers get into the habit as teenagers out of peer pressure. There is no easy answer - you could point out it smells bad, ruins your skin and all those sorts of things. If you are desperate for him to stop, tell his parents but don't expect him to thank you for it. Just keep reminding him about how much that habit costs and what he is doing to his body.
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