How can I convince my mother that her second hand smoke is affecting me?

Be honest with her. Take her to a coffee shop, or someplace public if you are worried about her getting angry with you. Sit down with her and just tell her the truth in a calm manner. If she is unwilling to quit, or if she can’t, ask her to smoke only outside. If you are having trouble speaking to her, bring her to the doctor with you and have the doctor talk to her about it.

I think it’s pretty sad that she didn’t put in an effort to quit when she found out that her addiction was causing her child pain. I used to smoke until I found out I was pregnant. I loved to smoke and I never thougth I would want to quit until it started to jepordize my child’s health. You really need to talk to her about this. Dawn69 is right, the least she could do is not smoke in the house or around you. Good luck talking to her, I hope everything works out for you.

I just want to take a minute to congratulate all of you for making this one of the very very few Q-A sets where everything is written legibly, correctly and maturely, with all the proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation. The question is both asked and answered in a sensible manner, to the point and helpful… unlike the scattered and repetitive scribblings the majority post. It’s good to know that some people can still communicate well.

Thanks for your help, unfortunately I have a really stubborn mother. So I think I’ll be dealing with it until I’m out of the house. But who knows, I’ll have a really serious talk with her and we’ll see what happens. Thanks again.