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I tell him it's not healthy you could get sick I give him cigerarettes. There are just timed and when he goes outside, I'm always with him. He'll try to pick one up I tell him that's been in someone's mouth and that it's nasty and can make him sick. 🤢

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I doubt any of that computes for him, so basically, you just need someone with him at all times outside.
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TamTam01 Dec 14, 2025
Yes! I'm with him constantly but he picks them up I take it out of his hand and tried to explain how unhealthy it is to pick them up and put them in your hands and mouth and how unhealthy smoking is all together.
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It's Soo hard because he doesn't remember 😥
I want him to quit so bad 😞
I called Dr see if can get something to help make him Quit.🙏
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Giving someone cigarettes to smoke is far more unhealthy than letting him put a discarded one in his mouth.
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If he has dementia, save your breath. Nothing will stop him from picking up things and putting them in his mouth. He should not be smoking, so help him break the habit. Smoking affects circulation, and when circulation is cut off or slowed in the brain, it can cause a stroke and/or dementia. Caring for a stroke patient is difficult, and you wouldn’t like it. At all.
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TamTam01 Dec 14, 2025
I know I've tried many many different ways to help him quit even when he didn't have dementia but nothing works.
Like I said he'll pick them up off ground if he doesn't have his own. Unfortunately 😔
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Have him wear gloves when you go out.

And continue to let him smoke, for petesake. With dementia at play, extending their lives is not the goal. Only to make them happy and give them what they enjoy.

Best of luck.
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A problem with letting someone with dementia smoke is that they may not handles the cigarettes, matches, or lighters properly and could set themselves or wherever they are on fire.
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Mom liked picking up pinecones. We gave her a bucket to put them in.
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