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| At one time. it appears, movie directors and actors thought smoking was sophisticated and sexy. Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis and glamour girls all smoked cigarettes. The men always had a light for them and would fight to see could get get the flame to her first. Even poor people were portrayed as smokers. Cool, level headed Andy Taylor smoked in bed. Jackie Gleason smoked cigars. I am appalled at how frequently we see famous people light up in old movies and TV shows. Today we would think they're throwing money away and endangering their health. I haven't kept track of more modern shows to see if characters were asked not to smoke or to take it outside. In real life tobacco products still sell by the truck loads. Employees take smoke breaks in between lunch breaks and official breaks. Non-smokers go out with them just to have equal time away from the desk or assembly line. Nobody in my family or circle of friends smoke. It would turn me off if a date lit one. My ex smoked heavily and was very annoying about it. I would find ashes inside the refrigerator door where he held one idly in his hand while searching through the shelves with the other hand. He thought he was doing me a favor when he rolled the car window down so he could smoke. The car still stank. It is just hard to imagine that a whole generation thought it was glamorous to light a cigarette in a romantic moment on screen. |
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