Actually, in my experience very few pilots smoke these days. 20 years ago, probably 40 - 50% of pilots smoked; now, maybe less than 10% do - and most of those are either just about to retire (and have smoked all their lives) or have just left full time education (and are still smoking because it's 'cool'). The rest of us have decided that life is a little more valuable than a tab or two at the end of a stressful trip.
If BA are insisting on non-smoking pilots, I'd be very surprised - there are probably 'human rights' (yuk!) issues here - but I'd love to think it was true!
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