It would have helped if you had written in the beginning that you were concerned about a post-hypnotic suggestion by the anesthesiologist. I don't know about the ethics of that. I did a Google search and found this testimonial to such practices:
If there is any true validity to what was written above, you may want to consider what you wrote: "Perhaps I'm too close to the surgery but, smoking now dries out my mouth, taste[s] absolutely rotten and gives me a headache. I now have very little desire to smoke." I ain't a doctor, but one could not be faulted for thinking that if the guy was trying to hypnotically incur in you an aversion to smoking, it worked, at least for now. That's not bad news for you health-wise, but I also don't like the idea of someone getting in your head without your express permission.
...one third of children have anesthesia induced by the alcohol swab if you tell them it will numb their skin. If you say you will fall asleep in the OR children fall asleep as they enter the OR. Sometimes they have to be turned over to operate because they sleep on their stomachs. If you give post hypnotic suggestions like, "You will awaken comfortable, thirsty and hungry" patients come back complaining because they can't stop eating and are gaining weight since surgery. I changed that to "You won't finish everything on your plate."(snip)
So keep on with your work and know that no one is against success. Doctors and nurses are changed by their experience. I was called crazy for playing music and talking to anesthetized patients until the results were seen. then everyone mimics you and you are invited to present conferences. One thing I enjoyed was playing children's music in the OR and watching everyone regress and become childlike and fun to work with...Peace, Bernie Siegel MD
sorry if it wasn't clear...that was the gist of my original post