I remember being able to smoke inside a movie theater in your seat.
That went by the wayside with the advent of the mega-plexes, even before government ordered smoking bans.
Of course comfortable seating in movie theaters also disappeared at the same time. I have not been to the movies since 1982, not because I couldn't smoke - but because I can't sit comfortably. There is not enough room between seat rows for someone with a 36 inch inseam without stressing their neck by sitting in the front row.
I remember when I was a teenager I was able to do things in a theater that I can't do anymore...with my girl fiends blessing given me! ; )