@Inspired_2write I’m not sure why you aimed that towards me. I don’t question that cigarettes are addictive. I also know that the cigarette manufactures did all sorts of things to try to convince the public their product was safe. Why some people believed it, well, the only explanation in my mind is because they were addicted and in denial.
My dad worked for the Surgeon General of all things. It was the SG that required the warnings on cigarettes. My dad still was puffing away for many years. My dad argues that “we didn’t understand” how harmful cigarettes were back when he started smoking. Like I said, it just sounds like wishful thinking to me. My dad is one of those scientists who requires research and until then doesn’t make any conclusions about anything.
I was born in 1968. I lived at home through the mid 80’s.