All Smokers Will Die or Quit By the Year 2045 11.57K Adrian Chen 01/09/11 03:41PM Filed to: Studies Studies Smoking Citigroup shutterstock There could be no smokers in 30-50 years, according to a Citigroup analysis of declining smoking rates in Britain. Some day we may have to explain to our genetically-enhanced children what smoking was before plugging them in at night.