first off, the ONLY way someone will quit is if they want to - Even when I wanted to that wasn't enough...I smoked for 8 years and i have an addictive personality so it was tough for me - My GF at the time would always bitch about it and gripe - didn't make a difference at all - She even offered me BJ's everytime i craved a smoke and it still didn't work - Anyway, finally i did come around to realizing i needed and wanted to quit - I bought the gum and i hung out at home for a few months - I didn't go to a bar, I didn't go golfing, I didn't drink liquor - None of the things I associated with smoking - That was a hard 3 months but I had to do it - After that i still had occasional cravings but after a few months they get less and less...

the bottom line though is that EVERYONE in my family was ALWAYS griping about it and it really made no difference...If you don't want to quit, your not going to - try to get your mom into a more active lifestyle is all i can say - like hiking or outdoorsy stuff cna make a difference - Just exercising is a good motivational tool - but again, if she won't quit she just won't - gotta let her make that choice for herself....If/when she does be supportive - thats about all you can do, i think -