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> there aren't a lot of those people around these days. How incredibly naive and/or myopic. There are PLENTY of people around who both smoke and are old enoug
by lsaferite 11y ago
> there aren't a lot of those people around these days.
How incredibly naive and/or myopic.
There are PLENTY of people around who both smoke and are old enough that it was still 'cool.'
- mikeash 11y agoAs far as I can see, the general negative health effects of smoking were well established in the 60s. Cigarettes sold in the US have had warnings about the negative health consequences since 1966. If you started before that showed up and still smoke today you'd be smoking for 50 years. I doubt there are PLENTY of people around who have been doing it that long.
- lsaferite 11y agoIt's only in the last 20 years or so that the tide has turned against smokers. I clearly remember smokers in restaurants as a teen. Sometime in the last 20 years smokers have gone from the norm to being the outliers in the US. But to think that those smokers are somehow dying out is silly. They are still around and quite bitter. Personally, I'm glad for the fresh air, but I can fully understand the sense of persecution the must feel.