Yevgeny in the book, "Home" by Anton Chekhov first attempted to get his son to quit smoking by feigning disappointment and disownment of Seryozha. He tells him of his embarrassment of him and how he does not love him, and that he is no longer his son.
It did not get through to Seryozha however because Seryozha did not take it seriously as he knew his father could not possibly mean those things.
