Why is になりますか used in this sentence? How is it different from おタバコを吸いますか？
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おタバコお吸いになりますか の意味は何ですか?
The construction `おVERBになる`is a standard honorific pattern in Japanese. It is
used as a generic verbal honorific where there is no special honorific like
いらっしゃる, 召し上がる, おっしゃる, etc. The verb is in the continuative form (連用形 = ますform
without the ます). Other examples of honorifics in that form:

> 聞く -> お聞きになる to listen  
>  帰る -> お帰りになる to go home  
>  読む -> お読みになる to read
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