Corrected entry: No soldiers in this film were smoking cigarettes - unbelievable for 1940.
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Correction: While it might be unbelievable for soldiers to not be smoking cigarettes in 1940, this is only an opinion and not a mistake. At the time of Dunkirk, the British Expeditionary Force was in short supply on everything, to include rations (cigarettes were issued to the soldiers via their rations). The shortages were emphasized at the very beginning of the movie where we see soldiers scrounging; i.e. draining water from a hose for something to drink, reaching through an open window to sort through an ash tray for a possible smoke. As stated by the senior British Military officers on the beach, the British leadership was saving what military resources they had for the next/future battles. The focus at Dunkirk was evacuation, not re-supply. The bottom line, you can't smoke 'em, if you ain't got'em.