Adolescence is a difficult period that many parents struggle with how to deal with it.

During this critical period, our boys and girls may learn bad habits, such as smoking regular or electronic cigarettes, and they may even get worse, such as drug abuse, all of which are serious problems that directly affect their health and their future.

Smoking is one of the most important problems that adolescents practice, as an expression of their masculinity or femininity in the case of girls - as they believe - or because of other psychological problems that usually accompany this stage of life.

According to a Reuters report, more than 10% of teenagers in the world smoke.

A global survey of students indicates that about 11% of those between the ages of 13 and 15 years consume tobacco products of all kinds.

Tobacco kills more than 8 million people in the world annually (Getty Images)

Smoking is fatal

The danger lies in the fact that those who start smoking at an early age are more likely to develop nicotine addiction, and have great difficulty quitting when they grow up, according to the US National Institute of Drug Abuse platform in a recent report. .

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco kills more than 8 million people worldwide each year.

7 million of these deaths are due to direct smoking, while 1.2 million deaths are due to second-hand smoke.

Overall, tobacco kills about half of its consumers.

From here, we realize the seriousness of the problem.

When you notice that your son walks with bad friends, or learns new habits that are dangerous and harmful to his health, such as smoking, or you notice that he is withdrawn and does not mix with others, or that he deals in a hostile manner with his parents, or creates problems in his life, know that your son has serious psychological problems. You need a solution.

How do I deal with my son smoker?

Some parents tend to use force and cruelty with their smoking son, while others simply choose to ignore the problem and bury their head in the sand.

What is the sound scientific method that guarantees that your son will overcome this psychological-behavioral problem, and raise him safely?

You have to tell your children honestly and directly that you do not want them to smoke cigarettes of all kinds (Pixels).

The American Lung Association mentioned a number of tips for parents to deal with their smoking son, perhaps the most prominent of which are:

1- Tell your children honestly and directly that you do not want them to smoke cigarettes, regular or electronic, or any other type of tobacco product.

And calmly give them clear, consistent messages about the dangers of these products to their health and their future.

2- Start talking to your children about smoking early and continue it through their high school years.

A number of children start smoking at the age of 11, and some become addicted at the age of 14.

Explain the health risks of smoking, as well as the physical unpleasantness (such as bad breath, stained teeth, and discolored nails).

3- Many young people use e-cigarettes at increasing and alarming rates, so be sure to talk to your children about them as well, as rates of use of this type of cigarette increased by 78% among high school students in America alone.

More teens use e-cigarettes than combustible cigarettes.

4- Set a good example for your children by not smoking or using tobacco in any way.

5- If you are a smoker, the best thing you can do is to quit smoking, and talk to your children about how difficult it is and how big a problem it is for you.

And make sure that you do not smoke near your children, and do not let them smoke any of your cigarettes, and advise them that it is better not to smoke in the first place.


6- Develop a smoke-free policy in your home and apply it firmly.

Do not allow anyone, whatever, to smoke inside your home at any time and under any circumstances.

7- Put your children in schools that have a strict policy against smoking, and make sure that there are special programs in school health that include education on preventing tobacco use.

8- Make sure if your children have friends who smoke, and talk to them about ways to refuse to smoke a cigarette if a friend or fellow smoker offers it to them. Boys usually start smoking from a free cigarette offered to them by a classmate.

9- If you discover that your teenage son smokes, avoid threats and warnings, talk to him calmly, ask some questions, and find out the reason.

It is usually because they want to draw your attention to them, to prove that they have become a man in your eyes, or to be accepted by a peer group.

Talk about changes that can be made in your teen's life to help him quit smoking.

10- As you talk to your child about his smoking and the reasons behind it, mention to him that the tobacco industry spends billions of dollars every year to make sure that their products are as attractive and addictive as possible.

Also mention to him that the tobacco industry is also based on marketing e-cigarettes to a large extent to young people, which leads to magic in the use of these cigarettes in advertisements, and presents them with different flavors that are popular with young people.

And ask your child to think about how these companies target him and how they manipulate him in order to make money from people like him.

This realization makes many teen smokers angry, and can motivate them to quit smoking.