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[–] porkins 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s hard to imagine a time when you could smoke a cigarette on a talk show.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember ashtrays at the end of every aisle in the grocery store.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're still in the bathrooms, but for safety reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How about the foil McDonald’s ash trays with the logo stamped in them.

My wife still has Xmas ornaments she made as a kid out of them. And none of her family ever smoked.

[–] porkins 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m going to be a year away. I remember smoking sections in restaurants and a world without the internet. I was probably less than 10 taking bike excursions around town without supervision . It was a different time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You ever been on a transatlantic flight with a smoking section?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember cigarette vending machines in diners