and dang it.......smoking in the old movies?? Makes me want to start smoking again.

[a kennedy]

Damn. I quit in 2005!!!

[elleng]

1. Sorry.

Have thought of that, especially watching Lauren Bacall's movies, LOTS of smoking there/then.

I've not smoked, husband did and I suspect it was related to his cancer death, even tho not lung cancer; throat.

[a kennedy]

3. So sorry Ellen. Cancer of ANY kind sucks.

[3Hotdogs]

12. My father died of throat cancer. ---- 3 packs of unfiltered "Luckies" (I guess he wasn't too lucky) from the time he

was 14. He tried to quit many times. But couldn't.

[elleng]

13. WOW!

[Voltaire2]

2. There is a fair amount of smoking in new movies

and streaming series. It is really annoying, especially as it is increasingly rare irl.

[brewens]

6. I just watched The Pacific mini-series again. It was accurate but I'm not used to seeing people smoke every chance they

get.

Even when I still smoked, I didn't mind the bans because of how gross some people were about it. At our Eagles lodge on a Saturday night, there'd be about three of the same assholes smoking non-stop making it twice as bad.

[a kennedy]

9. Like when I do go to the local casino......ugh....smoking now allowed.

Only one floor that it isn’t allowed. What the hell??? Why is there smoking allowed anywhere public.

[brewens]

10. I'd be willing to bet they analyzed that smokers are some of their best pigeons and stay on the machines

when allowed to smoke.

[a kennedy]

11. and I'm sure they're the ones that REALLY can't afford to even be there.....

and it’s not like i’ve got money to waste, it’s just my husband who passed away in May enjoyed it, so I go and talk to him and lose my allotted amount.

[kozar]

4. My Mother told me,

A story, about when I got some bad burns when I was 6 years old.(so 1966), and in hospital.And she was so upset.
My Dr.took her in his office, and told her to calm down and have cigarette. She told me" that's when I started smoking" in THE Hospital!
Yeah, times have changed.
Stay strong, you can do this.

She quit again, and as far as I know, is still not.
Koz

[a kennedy]

7. I do smoke, just weed tho......

and only once in awhile.

[kozar]

14. I understand,, thought we were talking cigs

Sorry, I'm elderly, smoking had a different meaning, when I grew up.

Koz

[a kennedy]

15. This was about cigarettes.......i just threw in that I do smoke, and only once in awhile....weed.

[Drum]

5. I hear ya...

I binge-watched Peaky Blinders right after I quit smoking in early 2023, and I’m grateful I didn’t cave in (ditto with the distilled spirits there!)

[a kennedy]

8. Good for you.....

[Xavier Breath]

16. Who can blame you? They look so darn cool when they do that.

And this from someone whose never smoked a cigarette in their life. Not even as a 10-year-old sneaking a puff behind the shed. It's a disgusting habit and it just never appealed to me. So if even I can see its glamor it must be really tough for ex-smokers.