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>In the 1930s and 40s smoking was cool back then. it was a social thing to do. you can see that in old Hollywood movies.
by MangoCoffee 5y ago
>In the 1930s and 40s
smoking was cool back then. it was a social thing to do. you can see that in old Hollywood movies.
- democracy 5y agoWhy not 1850s? )) I am sure even in the 80s and 90s there were plenty of smokers in the movies
- asdff 5y agoSmoking especially in excess wasn't actually all too common until cigarettes started being mass produced in the early 1900s, and WWI and WWI got two generations addicted to rationed cigarettes (especially fig 1 from this): https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a2.htm