I'm 55 years old.
What I specifically remember was that the non-smokers didn't dramatically fake-cough, frantically wave their arms around, get the vapors, or grab their throats and drop to the floor in the throes of their "allergies."
I grew up in a working-class mill town where reticence was considered a weakness.
Trust me, if anyone had had a problem with being in the company of smokers, it wouldn't have gone unstated.
I understand that the "working class mill town" reference is a nice, easy opening for the elitist wimps who get the vapors at the very thought of smoking to zero in on the "socio-economic" angle.
We're "uneducated" ("educated now being equated with "credentialed"), with calloused hands, as if that were a thing to be ashamed of.
People like you have weakened America, and you'll never understand why
That bears repeating, Madame Dufarge.