を+ verb/noun
I wanted to say 'I want you not to smoke here.' My sentence was corrected by two native speakers, but I have trouble understanding the second correction.
このにタバコを吸わないでほしい。

ここでタバコを吸わないでほしい。
ここであなたがタバコを吸う事を控えてほしい。

I got the part when 控える followed を. It means that タバコを吸う事 is the direct object.

Was 事 placed after 吸う to turn it into a noun phrase? However, I thought that the phrase or word follows を　would be a verb.I'm sorry for bothering people reading this question. I did not realize that I solved it myself. I got messed up with what should go before and after を.

Question

を+ verb/noun
I wanted to say 'I want you not to smoke here.' My sentence was corrected by two native speakers, but I have trouble understanding the second correction.
このにタバコを吸わないでほしい。

ここでタバコを吸わないでほしい。
ここであなたがタバコを吸う事を控えてほしい。

I got the part when 控える followed を. It means that タバコを吸う事 is the direct object.

Was 事 placed after 吸う to turn it into a noun phrase? However, I thought that the phrase or word follows を　would be a verb.I'm sorry for bothering people reading this question. I did not realize that I solved it myself. I got messed up with what should go before and after を.

Answer

I don't understand what you ask, but ここであなたがタバコを吸う事を控えてほしい means "I want you stop smoking here. 吸うこと is a noun phrase. It's a 「A を ～する」 structure. A is a noun.

Answer

I'm not sure what you're asking about. As you said, 事 after 吸う to turn it into a noun. "However, I thought that the phrase or word follows を　would be a verb." There's a verb after を. 控えて is the verb 控える in て form.