I would really like to help my mother quit smoking. As far as I know, she's been smoking since she was a teenager, and she is in my opinion a heavy smoker, having previously smoked about a package of cigarettes a day.

Although she says she wants to quit, whenever I see she's smoking a lot (like yesterday) and bring her attention to this, she dodges talking about her addiction and continues on with what she was previously doing or talking about.

I have suggested she talk to my doctor about it or call the smoking hotline, but she dodges those too, and never provides a straight answer.

What can I do to help motivate her? .