Shahrukh Khan, a celebrated Indian film actor who has been struggling to quit smoking for a long time, is planning to kick the deadly habit after the release of his upcoming movie, Don 2, reports leading Indian newspaper, Daily News and Analysis (DNA).

121doc revealed in a previous news article that the Bollywood actor vowed to give up smoking after release of his movie Ra.One, but seems less likely to do that anytime soon.

The broadsheet discloses that Hrithik Roshan, another popular Bollywood actor and close friend of Shahrukh Khan, has been lately spreading the smoking cessation awareness among his buddies.

Hrithik got free from his habit using Allen Carr's book, "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking", which he is now passing to fellow actors, such as Sanjay Dutt and Bobby Deol, learns the Mumbai-based newspaper.

In a recent interview to the daily, Khan said that he was aware of the side effects of smoking and is trying hard to kick the habit, adding that he feels guilty of not being smoke less, so will soon quit smoking.

Previously in an interview with the Times of India, the actor admitted that his smoking habit goes back to the days when he was a theatre actor. The Indian broadsheet notes that the veteran actor vowed to quit smoking even on World No Tobacco Day, but didn’t keep his words.

Daily News and Analysis reports that this time Khan says he will try and adopt a healthy regime after December 23, the release date of Don 2.