You can help John Mellencamp kick his smoking habit: Join his son Speck’s Facebook group, which he’s pledged will make him stop once and for all.
The 58-year-old singer was admitted to hospital in 1994 after suffering from a heart attack, but has failed to quit smoking. His youngest son, Speck said that his father has promised to quit if he gets one million people to join the group on the Facebook site. More than 7900 users had joined the group Tuesday afternoon.
Speck, 14, writes on the Facebook page, “i made a deal with my dad that if i get a 1,000,000 to join this group he will quit smoking.”
John Mellencamp publicist , Bob Merlis, confirmed to The Associated Press that the challenge was indeed real.
The Facebook group called “1,000,000 to join, my dad John Mellencamp will quit smoking”.
Help John Mellencamp Quit Smoking
Get him on Chantix. I had smoked for 30+ years (I’m 57) and had a 1-1/2 pack habit. Tried to quit twice before and this drug did the trick.
I smoked for 20+ years and quit with chantix January 2009. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to quit w/chantix!!!
Hey – it isn’t heroine…light up the next cigarette – then say this is my last one, throw it out and – bang – you are a non-smoker – as long as you don’t light up again…but go with the idea that you aren’t a smoker any more…it is mind over matter – trust me – thats how I quit…at the very least – go to bed after the last drag…wake up saying “I am a non-smoker”…it will work…
Onced I had that thought in my head – I was a non-smoker – it worked…it is all mental…somehow you convinced yourself it was Ok to smoke…now just do the opposite…it will work…
NO!!!….DO NOT get him on CHANTIX.Its known to have some very bad side effects,such as severre depression,and Suicidal tendencies.I would NOT reccomend this to anyone.There are other better things out on the market to help you quit smoking.
It will kill you and cause you to have a stroke or another heartattack. It is a nasty habit. You will feel 100% better after you quit smoking. I wish I had never smoked.
John;
I don’t no about smoking and there result to your health only through other people with bad experience. However, the endless love of a son to a father is the greatest motivation you will have.
I was up to 3+ packs a day and quit. Chantix did the job for me! I smoked for 49 years.
Quiting smoking is hard to do. I tried chantex along with every other thing out there. One day my wife and I were at the mall and I seen a guy smoking. That is not allowed in the mall by the way. I went up to the stand and he had the e-cigs and I talked with him found out they had nicotine and had no cancer agents. The smoke is a vapor so it is allowed to be smoked where ever and when ever as there is no smell no second hand smoke I tried it as I am skeptical about everything, sure enough it took away my craving. So I bought the kit which has batteries that look like cigs and cartriges that look like filters you recharge them you are not hurting yourelf or others using it and it is great 8 months without a regular cig and I never have missed them.
Dear John…quitting smoking is the hardest thing in the world, but I don’t think your son can imagine his world without you. Much love and success in your efforts…to Speck, you are an amazing son!!!!!
Please give your son a wonderful gift by quitting smoking. My parents smoked and as a result of the secondhand smoke I developed asthma. I think you are such an amazing talent and, being a fellow Hoosier, I’d like for you to be around for a long time to come. Good luck!
Your father should not have put his quitting smoking on your back. That is totally shifting the quilt of not quitting to you. Shame on him…
Quitting smoking is one of the most difficult things you will ever do. Money worked in getting my children to quit and shere determination worked for myself and my husband. Your son, Speck, is the only reason you need. Good Luck in accomplishing your goal. We love your music!
i am 66 years old and my daughter gave me a birthday present of real good seats to see john c melloncamp- it was one of the best presents i ever received. i used to smoke and i don’t think i would have been here to enjoy my special grandson justin. you need to think about your son and maybe be around to enjoy your grandchildren. love your music jerry
Let him smoke himself to death. That would one less liberal. Not much help, but a start. It is so sad that a man with so much talent felt a need to forget where he came from and how he became as successful as he is. It is capitalism, not socialism.
Shame on you John Mellencamp..be a real man and tell your son you will quit for him and don’t be playing kid games….
well said. So he won’t quit if under a million people join? His son should be reason enough. The man is a tool
To hell with it, I still smoke 40 plus years, if you enjoy it..don’t worry about it John !! It could be worse !!
John! What the hell! I can’t believe your still smoking!
Listen to me I quit a long time ago. give up 1 cigarette at a time. Pick one out don’t smoke it. Start carrying around a quart bottle of water with lemon juice in it. Sip sip sip all the time. The lemon takes away the craving and the water flushes the nicotine out of you system. When you feel comfortable with not smoking that one cigarette ( it sometimes takes up to a week if it takes longer it’s ok) then give up another. PRAY.Only in times of extreme craving do you take the chewing gum.It took me about 2 months to be totally free. And when you are NEVER put another one in your mouth not EVER.
Dear John
Quiting smoking is the hardest thing to do in my life. I do believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. Look at what a successful life you have had. You are a truley beautiful person. It comes from your soul. Good luck I have always been a fan of yours.
John, just think what you could do with all the money you’ll save!(LOL) Seriously though, good luck – it is quite the ball and chain. I quit when I got pregnant w/ my daughter about 10 years ago, but I have to admit, when I’m out with my friends having a night on the town, I still crave them – probably always will.
GO TO WHYQUIT.COM. IT’S A CAKE WALK AFTER YOU EDUCATE YOURSELF
you are a weak willed spinless no character selfish piece of garbage. JUST QUIT
MAN UP JOHN….
My wife and I are both 53 and we both quit with whyquit.com. It costs nothing.
Get off the ego trip.
John….your breath stinks…..fix it.
Dear John Mellencamp’s son:
I wish you all the luck in trying to get your father to quit smoking. Unfortunately, all of your efforts will be unsuccessful, if your father is not ready to quit. I mean really quit.
When I first saw your request for help on the internet, my first thought was to not do anything and forget it. The problem is that I could not forget that I tried to get my father to quit, too, when I was about your age. My twin brother and I thought that we could get him to stop smoking by taking a pack of his cigarettes, roll all of the tobacco out and replace it with dried corn silk. We even went as far as stuffing the ends of the cigarettes with real tobacco so that he would not notice. We assumed that, as soon as he started tasting the bad flavor of the corn silk, he would think that cigarettes no longer tasted good and he would just quit. We spent hours performing this task and, once we were finished, we snuck the pack back into the house. We both waited and watched him pick up the pack, pull out a cigarette, and light up. He took a few puffs, looked at the cigarette, looked at the pack, and then looked at us. He knew what we done but he did not say a word. He, simply, waded up the pack, threw it away, and pulled another pack out of the cigarette carton.
There were other times that we tried to get him to quit and were unsuccessful but this is the one that I remember the most.
My father was diagnosed with lung cancer years later. I was no longer a young kid. I was 37 years old when my father died. He lived with my family and we took care of him during his final years. Every morning, when I got ready to go to work, I would go into his bedroom to see if he was still breathing. There is nothing worse than the feeling of helplessness. I would start to cry as I watched him sleep and thanked God that I had him for another day.
The good news is that my father was able to quit smoking. He quit cold turkey the day that he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He had the strength all along to quit. He had the strength when I was a kid. Your father has the strength too. I just wish that my father would have listened to his teenage twin boys when we were trying to get him to quit years ago, like you are doing so now. I wish that he realized that we were not trying to get him to quit, we were just trying to get him to live longer. I believe that, if my father would have quit when I was still young, he would still be with me today. My mother lives with us and she is 93 years old and still going strong. She tried to get him to quit too.
I know that my father wishes that he would have listened to us too. I am sure that he loves us and misses us as much as we love and miss him. I am 55 years old now and, as I read this letter, my eyes are filling up with tears over the loss of my dad. God, do I miss him.
Please feel free to share this with your father, if you wish.
Having a son who creates such an effort to help his father will be a success.
I found the best way is to quit cold turkey.I think that the patches make you want a cig. The first 4 days are the worst,then it gets easier everyday. I smoked for 37 yrs.I have quit for 5 months now and dont even think about smoking anymore….Good Luck..