I’m not sure if it was appropriate to mention of a specific yeshiva, because it is unnecessary. This is a problem in the community as a whole, not just at the yeshiva. A bachur becomes a husband, a father, and then subjects his wife and children to both the effects of his second-hand smoke (asthma, allergies, illness in his newborns due to his wife’s inhalation) and other related effects. He wastes the family’s money. He teaches his kid’s it’s o.k. to smoke. He could die early, or fight for his life due to cancer or emphysema…G-d Forbid. Even gedolim who smoke can and do get cancer. No person can think that they are immune. Moreover, as a BT, I have to verify that seeing a person dressed “frum” and then smoking is an incredible chillul Hashem: it shows disrespect for others’ health, it is undignified, and it is wasteful. When I saw this before becoming religious (when visiting NYC, not E”Y), it made me loose respect for the yeshiva world.
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