Midwesterner , you conflated my statements.
Statement #1: I haven’t seen cigarettes given put at simchas in over 50 years.
Statement #2: cigarettes are very expensive in the NY metro area. Any bochur who smokes a pack or more a day is disqualified from tuition assistance. The money spent on cigarettes should go towards tuition.
With regard to the yeshiva. Many make big issues regarding the color of shirts, manner of dress and hashkafa of their talmidim. Yet, when it comes to an unhealthy, disgusting and expensive cigarette habit , they are suddenly powerless?