Smoking tragic?

A picture was printed in a national paper of a celebrity smoking. The latter word of the two in title was used in reference.

It's almost as if the anti-smoking lobby, bereft of constructive ideas to combat the rate of new users, have resorted to infantile playground insults.
In fact, smoking isn't tragic; it actually is pretty cool. The effects of smoking tobacco aren't always what one would want (whilst remembering the incontrovertible fact that death or serious illness is NOT guaranteed), but the act of smoking a cigarette is one of...aloof, thoughtful, passing the time, indulgence.
It's a pastime that's hard to explain to a non-smoker; a time, on occasion, where the individual reflects on a subject while enjoying the inhalation.
Consider the Marlboro Man. Love him or hate him (and what he stood for), he looked...well, that could be debated for hours, but it under no circumstances, was nerdy, tragic or UN-cool.
Note to Anti-smoking Lobby: Lying to the public, no matter how easily-manipulated and explioted they may be is just impeding your intended progress.
On one occasion, the threat of blindness was employed in an obviously desperate attempt to dissuade people from smoking (or the taking up thereof). To my surprise, this ploy was largely ignored by said public. The general opinion was that - 'y'might as well tell me my head's gonna drop off'. Such an obviously outrageous claim it was.

The celebrity who motivated this piece was also holding a glass of white (less than half full, so the celebrity may well have been on her way to getting tanked). Howcome the dangers of 'the demom drink' are never vilified? Alcohol has killed at least as many over the years. More to the point, it's ruin of lives, extends well beyond the instigator of the offence.