The take-home message is to never start smoking, and if you do smoke, to quit.

I like smoking! I mean, God, I quit everything else, can't I smoke?

Parents who smoke feel guilty about being role models for smoking; they feel hypocritical about trying to prevent their children from smoking. For these reasons, it's difficult to persuade parents who smoke to become anti-smoking advocates in the home.

It's not the cigarette that kills you, it's the thought behind the cigarette

It's not the cigarette that kills you, it's the thoughts behind the cigarette that does.

Positive affirmations are powerful, but they can be overrun by complaining and negativity if you allow your mind to focus in that direction. As soon as you start complaining about how difficult this process is, you have begun using negative affirmations, and that will in turn give power to your prior longing to smoke (as if that needs empowerment).