"...the pre-cancerous condition with chronic inflammation, is a factor in inducing the smoking of cigarettes," The author mocks this possibility, but the cause

"...the pre-cancerous condition with chronic inflammation, is a factor in inducing the smoking of cigarettes," The author mocks this possibility, but the causes of chronic inflammation are not entirely understood, and it is linked with depression, cancer, obesity, stress, and a lot of other human conditions. We can't rule out that a stressed out person might want to smoke, be more likely to get addicted, and also have chronic inflammation which opens the door to the development of uncontrolled malignancies. Still, don't smoke.