A study by the American Cancer Society published in 1996 found that the rate of lung cancer deaths among 200,000 smokers actually went up after light cigarettes began dominating sales
That is not to say that people who cannot stop smoking using willpower lack determination or sincerity I was desperate to stop yet couldnt do it for a day let alone a year using willpower alone (you can read how I eventually stopped smoking here)
[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] ChunFaiChan 2005 ChunFaiChan B, Koren G, Fayez I, Kalra S, VoyerLavigne S, Boshier A, et al
I can tell you for sure that all throughout the army people smoke, and a large percentage of them started during their service, Itay Margalit, a 21-year-old from Haifa who is serving in the Israel Air Forces Ground Control Unit, told JTA