Oh, of course! The amazing thing is that he supposedly "cut down" on the number of cigarettes he smokes a day after his heart attack in 1994 (when he was on tour for the Big Daddy album), but given how often he still smokes today, at least based on numerous interviews where he almost always inevitably lights up at one point or another (even when he was on the otherwise smoke free Late Show with David Letterman during his final appearance in 2015, shortly before it ended), one wonders just how bad it was before...*shudder*
To stay on topic, I would say that the singles on The Lonesome Jubilee are actually a lot stronger than the ones on Scarecrow, despite the fact that the latter's singles are largely more iconic. In fact, on the whole, the majority of his more recent albums are probably the strongest of his career, even if he is long past his commercial hey day.
