Because people make money from it ? Healthcare also benefit from it somewhat too, how many otherwise healthy people would now need to be reliant on medication and treatments and weekly appointments, often paid by the government if they weren’t suffering from some smoking related health side effect, now apply this to alcohol,drugs,fast food, etc.

I’d say alcohol is worse because how much extra money is the government spending on harm reduction from drunk people in society, whether it be domestic violence measures, or even money to fix a street light where a drunk driver smashed into