...and no-one has yet mentioned other flight decks, in which you will still find smoking pilots...
CLUE 1: Could it be a LoCo thing?
That aside, this whole debate indicates the petty depths to which pilots have sunk. This, of course, is a consequence of the manner in which they are 'managed', and is indicated by the number of 'career FOs in companies without seniority lists.
CLUE 2 The 'other' LoCo airline has no seniority list, and plenty of 'career' FOs who have done nothing more than stand by what they thought was right at one time or another (Most of them potentially very competent commanders, held back by appallingly twisted management).
Absolutely disgraceful.