> I mean, even back in the 60s and 70s, everyone knew smoking would kill you. Sure, the science wasn’t fully in The "British Doctors Study" [0] reported statis

> I mean, even back in the 60s and 70s, everyone knew smoking would kill you. Sure, the science wasn’t fully in The "British Doctors Study" [0] reported statistical proof as early as 1956 that smoking was significantly linked with Lung Cancer so by the time the 60s dawned the science was pretty clear cut. The public health response in any country I know of lagged behind quite a way but by 1966 the US Surgeon General mandated warnings on cigarette packs [1] although unfortunately for the smokers of the USA they now lag behind most other countries in the vividness of the warning with the usual suspects doing their best to keep the poor and uninformed in ignorance of what they're being sold [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Doctors_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Doctors_Study [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_packaging_warning_messages#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_packaging_warning_mess... [2] https://journalnow.com/business/local/cigarette-companies-will-not-have-to-add-graphic-labels-to-packaging-judge-quashes-fda-order/article_6673ad68-7696-11ed-8950-a7f5d41d5dd5.html https://journalnow.com/business/local/cigarette-companies-wi...