Making smoking illegal is never going to happen, no chance.
For starters millions of smokers are highly addicted and for cigarettes to suddenly go away and have no means to get them is an extremely bad idea, not to mention (I dunno about other countries but in Aus at least) the government has occasional anti smoking ads, to keep up appearance. They don't want you to stop smoking at all, they make billions off of cigarettes alone.
I do smoke but very rarely, generally on special occasions or when I have a big party or something.
Also, another -don't know about other countries- thing, is that I have never, ever met a single person who smokes to "look cool" and I know a forgetton of people that do smoke. Maybe it's some wigger thing over in america that people do this but here at least it goes like this.
>people smoke because they want to/relieves stress/addictions etc
>people who don't smoke think that the people who do smoke do it to be cool
>thus non smokers hate on people who smoke for their own reasons irrationally
???
>society
Also cigars make me feel classy.
Also monocles.