The weird thing about smoking rates in the U.S. is that it topped out in 1960. https://www.nap.edu/read/11795/chapter/4#42 https://www.nap.edu/read/11795/chapt

The weird thing about smoking rates in the U.S. is that it topped out in 1960. https://www.nap.edu/read/11795/chapter/4#42 https://www.nap.edu/read/11795/chapter/4#42 Why then? People were saying that smoking was bad for you ever since it was brought to Europe. From 1900 to 1959 everyone went - Eh, who cares what they say I want a drag and then in 1960 there was some class of people who it seems reasonable to say would have but for something bought a pack of smokes decided not to.