Wow, I just realized.
HE IS INTENTIONALLY DESTROYING HIMSELF.
He really is a demented person who intentionally destroys EVERYTHING, including the country, his political party, his own political career, and HIMSELF by destroying his own health with smoking.
EDIT: Jack M, most Asian people do smoke heavily, and for that reason. When someone warns them that smoking could make them die sooner, they say "I sure hope so."