In my personal experience, If I am currently not smoking and I grab just one I will not enjoy it. Of course everyone experiences cigarettes differently but in my case, I will only enjoy a cigarette if I have already been smoking for 2-3 days. What I'm trying to say is that people smoke not because of the taste or the physical feeling of inhaling the smoke, but because you get a sense of relaxation/adrenaline (depending on the person), a feeling that you crave because of the addictive effect of the cigarettes.
I do not approve a smoking, It is a horrible thing but I do not think it should be made a big deal if you smoke a total of a pack a year (in my case).
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.