by Paul Fassa
(The Best Years in Life) I was shocked to see how many college students on Indiana University's campus were smoking cigarettes when I had arrived in Bloomington, Indiana in 1999. Their parents were mostly baby boomers, most of whom had kicked the habit after even mainstream media had publicized the dangers of smoking. And here they were puffing away at five bucks a pack, a ten fold price increase since 1960.
It seemed that all the attempts at discouraging smoking had failed with this new generation of puffers. Even Hollywood with its movies and TV programs had made cigarette smoking less glamorous than they used to. Restrictions on smoking areas were probably considered silly by this generation instead of their taking a hint from those restrictions. Read More.
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