Discussion: "I smoke, like my parents and grandparents. I believe smoking is a genetic trait".

It is easier to blame heredity over which we have no control rather than ourselves. Family and environment have a far-reaching effect on smoking (and drinking alcoholic beverages). In both cases, it is a blockage of the fifth energy center (chakra) that controls communication. Smoking, like other addictions, is not a hereditary phenomenon.

Link: Addictions Unifying Model with its Unique Energy-reward Mechanism.
https://www.sf-healing.com/page/226 (Copy & Paste)