And that's the truth. It's your choice if you want to cook your lungs from the inside out.
I almost see humor in the fact that these eldery people actually gimp across a busy road just so they can smoke a cigarette. Is it really that important that you're willing to injure yourself just to get one drag?
The risk of injury is probably exaggerated for dramatic effect, but yes, smokers who want one would cross a canal full of alligators for a smoke :~D
You must be very young, it's the only explanation for your utter cluelessness.
If you're not very young, pretend that you are and save yourself from public embarrassment.
Pretend that you're a victim of the "self-esteem" theory popular in modern-day public school indoctrination camps, resulting in what we see before us.
I'm offering you an out, take it.