Okay, I hear what has been said, throughout this entire thread. Now, I'm not going to beat up on smokers! I will only provide them with a better option, such as some type of healthy way to stop.
I was born into the cig life and it was never a big to-do until the 1990's. People still smoke, as back in the 1400's. That does not make it right or in any way an excuse. It simply cannot be wiped away overnight.
I will not crab about something that has been traditional for many, and I stress, many years. I would ask that people have a little understanding that some others were born into it as no big deal and are not able to just stop in a heartbeat. Many smokers have quit and myself included but, there is no reason to crap on the ones whom are not able to at this very moment.
Every smoker that I know is a beautiful person inside and out. They are victims of such tradition and however it began.
I believe that in time, that a quick cure for this craving will be found and enable all to quit. Meanwhile ,I will only hope that everyone will have the patience that the older people have had in the past.
Stop crabbing and if they don't die then leave them alone. It took years of smoking so, don't think it will end so quick! BTW, I got fat from quitting. Not healthy to be that way either.