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Over Shabbos I asked a prominent Rov in Flatbush for a response to the question.
He responded that…. ten years ago it would have been a totally different scenario and he would have said it should absolutely not be brought up, because even if the parents request the info. odds are that the daughter would be able to work it out, if the boy carried all other traits she was looking for. However nowadays, since we can confidently say that over 51% of girls consider smoking a serious issue, therefore if you believe that there’s even a slight chance that it may affect the marriage, not only do you have a right to share the info, you actually have an obligation to.