How to replace the counterfeit with the real

I once heard that cigarettes are a substitute for the Holy Spirit. How? Well, people get similar physical responses from smoking a cigarette to what occurs when the Holy Spirit falls on them. Okay. Fair enough. So, my next question is: if we see people in bondage to some counterfeit, are we supposed to pray that the Holy Spirit would meet their needs? I know freedom is a key pray (deliverance), because without that we are only patching a sinking ship. Nonetheless, are the vices people indulge themselves in indicative of how the Holy Spirit needs to be ministered to them? Are people's sins a way to approach them? If so, Lord, tell me how?