Smoking is having a cultural comeback. My dad's death will never make cigarettes cool.

The author (not pictured) feels strongly against smoking becoming popular again. Elisaveta Ivanova/Getty Images My father died from lung cancer after years of smoking. Cigarettes have always represented loss rather than glamour to me. The return of smoking as a trend is difficult to watch. Smoking is somehow inexplicably cool again, and I'm not happy about it. After a period of health-conscious stigma, it is now viewed as culturally acceptable and even desirable to be seen holding a…