yekke2: Furthermore, the Gedolim of now would have to be Moide that the Gedolim of the earlier generations were being Over Issurim D’Oraysah (Granted B’Shoggeg) by smoking, and those who do so now are no different (and possibly worse) then those who eat pig, or watch unfiltered internet (I love the usage of that term as a Guzma for the “P” word). That is something that the Gedolim as of yet have not been willing to do.
(Not Poe’s)