A few years and they’ll be planting pot in the tobacco fields.
MSM will cry that people quitting smoking will put cigarette companies out of business destroying many workers livelihood.
I quit smoking in 1981 when a pack of smokes cost $1. What are they now - $10? Insane.
What’s the number on vaping? i believe the cig companies have smartly made the transition to vaping and made it cool with the younger set. Nicotine delivery is nicotine delivery.
It is amazing what ceaseless draconian government intimidation and harassment can do.
Vaping is the trend now.
Did it drop all cancer deaths?
Did death from obesity-related disease increase during this time?
Did anxiety related disease increase during this time?
Did hypothyroidism increase during this time, since hypothyroidism is a problem that besets former smokers?
Good news.
However, I live in a small apartment complex of 20 units. About 1/3 of the residents are older/retired, 1/3 are middle aged, and 1/3 are young individuals or couples.
Nearly half of them smoke. I am surprised at the number of younger who smoke, considering about 25 years of anti-smoking education since the big cigarette settlement (abt 1995, IIRC).
Smoking remains very popular in Europe.
In Heinlein sci-fi they grow tobacco on Venus.
The majority of smokers I know are slim and trim. The non-smokers -not so much.
It would be interesting to see historical statistics for the average weight of adults (before smoking was discouraged) and present day statistics.
I am always amazed to see so many adults in stores and physicians’ offices who are 400lbs+ - all ages, races etc.,
Started smoking in 1959, quit on Feb 24, 1999. 40 years, approximately 584,000 cigarettes.
Wish I had never started. Yeah, it was ‘cool’ and the ‘in thing to do.’
However, with the COPD I have today, I pay for those years of foolishness constantly. Not worth it.
Yet every contestant on Hell’s Kitchen smokes. Why would any restaurant hire a smoker who’s ruined their taste buds.