Why are cigarettes legal?

Because money. ( ͡° ᴥ ͡ °)/

Because there is too much money to be made by Governments via taxes. Countries economies would collapse if the revenue from cigarettes suddenly disappeared.

I don't know... I mean... Weed is illegal and it has benefits, unlike cigarettes... And I'm a smoker... Smoking sucks

Because it's a perfect source of revenue for the government !
Get folk hooked on a drug and then tax them up the wazoo for it.

Because they are. Why aren't arrogant anti-smoking bigots illegal?

Main stream society allows them

Money!
Beginning and end of story

tradition, money...addiction

that's a really good question!