Reply To: Why do yeshivas allow smoking?

You’re right! It might be because, even though dozens of major poskim have ruled smoking is assur, some poskim allow smoking because of a (empirically very dubious) claim that smoking causes less than a 50% chance of death from smoking-related diseases. I don’t see how such a consideration is relevant. Playing Russian Roulette only involves a 1/6th chance of death but no posek would allow that!