[hyperhello]

Cigarette smoking really got going in the world wars, I understand, especially ww2 when the world had manufacturers serving the effort. The custom is dying with the veterans as everyone knows they have a hall pass for it but the rest of us don’t. So smoking was a shorter life but that hardly matters when you’re deployed in theater.

[gilrain]

> The custom is dying with the veterans

You might want to update your knowledge.

[hyperhello]

As of 2024, the cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults is 9.9%, which is an all-time low.