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Does smoking cigarettes have any restricitons?
The sale of tobacco did not have any restrictions. cigarettes cost for about 30 cents. In the 1950s, it was possible to buy a pack of cigarettes at a drugstore, gas station, a restaurant, etc. if it was easy to buy cigarettes, it was even easier to find places to smoke them. In fact, smoking was permitted almost everywhere, from hospitals to airplanes and restaurants. -
Studies show that smoking kills!!!
Not too much, though some information was out there. in the 1950s, several medical studies linked smoking to lung cancer and heart disease. Tobacco companies agrgressively denied these reports. -
Tobacco companies finally agree!!!!!!!!!
in 1998, as part of the settlement of a big lawsuit, tobacco companies agreed to spend billions of dollars that encourage smokers to quit and discourage kids and teens from starting. -
I want to quit smoking but i can't.
20.6 percent of American adults do smoke. Most want to quit, but the addictive nature of nicotine makes quitting dificult. -
The government bans ads!
in 2009, the government banned ads that falsely sggest that some cigarettes are less harmful than other. that ban was a result of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This law further regulates the way tobacco products are advertised and sold.
