I don't think that was his fault
For reference, thats more than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined . This means that cigarettes are still the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States
In order to put an end to future NPM Adjustment Disputes, the States Attorney General and the PMs entered into a settlement agreement (the NY NPM Settlement) which became effective October 16, 2015
It makes sense to want to ban it: eliminating smoking would have the same impact on the health system as would be gained by preventing every single form of cancer
Plus there are other negative considerations in virtue of our being the social, deeply interconnected beings we arei.e., scandal or being a bad influence (especially on children), secondhand smoke issues, and perhaps material cooperation in evil by supporting (lets call them) nasty industries that profit off human vice