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How do you know?

At least in the US, smoking rates dropped substantially by the 1980's, long before many anti-smoking laws were in effect (you could still smoke on planes in the 80's!).

https://www.statista.com/statistics/184418/percentage-of-cig...

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> In 1970, Congress took their anti-smoking initiative one step further and passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio starting on 2 January 1971. In April 1970, President Nixon signed it into law.

Can you guys research this stuff before posting, please?

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Can you please look at links before commenting?

Do you think the US government passed a law in a vacuum?

The health issues with smoking became well known by the 60s and the number of people smoking was already dropping by the 70’s.

Please don’t make the amateur mistake of confusing correlation with causation.