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Originally Posted by Nani  To what extent can you change others? |
You can't. You do not have direct control over anyone but yourself.
Best you can do is lead by example or stop enabling/tolerating behavior that you do not agree with. Reverse psychology has its merits too. But there are no guarantees.
In the case of your brother smoking, just don't allow him to smoke in your house (where you make the rules) anymore. I doubt this alone will make him drop the habit, but it sends a clear signal to him about where you stand on this and might help to strengthen his resolve to quit.
(In my social circle it has more or less become the norm that the smokers don't smoke when they're at a non-smoker's place and the number of smokers is on a steady decline)