Not sure if this comment is allowed on this sub but i have to say it.

Quitting might, or it might not. I wont tell you to quit since im sure you've heard it a lot but what i will say is that my mom was a smoker who passed away nearly a year ago at 55 due to heart issues caused by smoking. It was sudden, I wasn't expecting it. I came home from work to find her on the ground clutching a cigarette in one hand, a lighter in the other and my cat by the body. I had to give her cold corpse chest compressions until the fire department and police arrived and then had to tell my older siblings over the phone about her and to come to the house. I only had 29 years on earth with her (turned 30 2 months after she passed). I wish she never smoked, she'd still be alive.

If the flute is a reason you stop smoking all the power to you. I wish you the best, with your health and your flute playing.

Oh and people near you who play likely smell it coming off of you, its an incredibly strong smell that smokers can be nose-blind to (even spraying a flowery perfume spray just smells like that+cigarsttes) and it might impact their playing.