Comment on the composition of persuading dad to quit smoking

My father likes smoking very much. Once he smokes, he will never stop.

I read two reports in the newspaper the other day: every time we smoke a cigarette, we lose one minute, and it has been proved by experiments that smokers have black lungs. Another article said: foreigners think it is impolite to hand out cigarettes when they meet. I looked at it and thought that my dad smoked more than one pack every day, so how many lives would he lose! Then an idea came to my mind: if I help my father quit smoking, will it help my father prolong his life?

I tried to persuade my father to give up smoking several times before, and he said it was a social interaction between adults. So, my mother and I discussed that we must carry out Dad's smoking cessation to the end. Mom bought some magazines about the health hazards of smoking, and he immediately understood the meaning, but he kept his mouth shut: "I know smoking is harmful to health, but it is chronic, so it's no big deal." You see, Chairman Mao and Deng Xiaoping both smoked, but they both lived a long life. "In the next few days, they smoked one after another. I'm in a hurry, but I still have to carry out my plan to quit smoking. We first "negotiated" with dad and asked him not to smoke more than three cigarettes a day, on the grounds that it would affect his health. When my mother went out, I quietly told her to buy some smoking cessation candy and tea when she came back, and then put it in my father's room. I have been supervising my father. Whenever I see him ready to smoke, I will ask him to play chess or basketball with me to distract him. I also put his cigarettes on the top of the cupboard. In this way, after a few days, I gradually found that my father smoked less, and there were always traces of tea in the cup. I followed my father for a few days and looked at the untouched cigarettes on the top of the cabinet. I realized that our plan was successful!

By quitting smoking with my father this time, I know that if I want to completely eliminate a bad habit, I have to rely on others to mention it.