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When exactly do you think we got rid of cigarettes?
by CaveTech 5y ago
When exactly do you think we got rid of cigarettes?
- Centigonal 5y ago1. GP said "trying to get rid of cigarettes," implying it was not a completed effort. 2. It was (and is) a fairly successful effort: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1717/tobacco-smoking.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1717/tobacco-smoking.aspx https://www.statista.com/chart/20385/cigarette-sales-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/chart/20385/cigarette-sales-in-the-...
- m10i 5y agoIn full, he said "trying to get rid of cigarettes and it worked", implying that it was a completed effort, imo.
- Centigonal 5y agoalright, I can see how the sentence could be read that way.
- IshKebab 5y agoI don't know about elsewhere but smoking is has been dropping for decades in the UK. See figure 4 here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2019 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan... I would say "it's working" rather than "it worked" but his point is valid.