I quit smoking about 50 years ago. Cigarettes were around $0.30/pack. A buddy, who was in the Navy, could get them for $0.17/pack. That was $1.70/carton. Cancer was cheaper back then.
i remember having watery eyes due to smog in LA in 1971 and ash trays full of cigarette butts on every desk. No wonder so many people got lung cancer or Emphysema.
This film illustrates why I smoke today. Growing up in the 70s everybody smoked. You could smoke in the doctor's office waiting room, the hospital, McDonalds (waiting in line) and every restaurant you could think of. At least when I started it was still *"Cool"* to smoke. I do wish I never started honestly. I'm over 50 and actually quit for a few years until I "relapsed" because I said what the hell just let me bum one. Still, smoking cigarettes beats the hell outta smoking meth, so...🤔
All the commercials where cigarettes or alcohol and electronics. It was very popular to smoke, all the talk shows had people on and they smoked, movie stars etc. The tobacco companies should have to pay all those people who's families members died from cancer that tried to sue back then. Tobacco companies should be closed down for good! But there are many things that should be shut down. I'm a smoker too but they all should be closed forever,
I started smoking at 16 in 1985 i didn't know how addictive they where at the time starting with just one a day by the time i was 17 i was smoking a pack a day. Now at 52 in 2021 I Quit smoking.
The one and only good thing about this whole issue, that we are now plainly seeing, is the fact that every testament, piece of data, and research that came out of the old days like that about the dangers of smoking should be adequate to educate us more and future generations about how bad it is to your health. Never start smoking! And, if you did, quit as soon as possible before you croak from it! Before it's too late! If the world never started smoking, all of those years ago in its history, then much of what we now know about how bad it is would be lost until a later time. And it would have taken a lot longer to find out the real cost of it. Show more smokers this film, man! Show the entire world the truth about it! Smoking. Is. Bad!!
It’s interesting that this type of film is not produced any longer. There are billions to be made, tax revenue is a powerful driver of politicians decisions.
It's actually these well-intentioned anti-smoking films that MAKE people smoke. People smoke because they know it's wrong. People love to be rebels. They love it. They love to do a thing they know is wrong. It's fun to be that way. If you really wanted to make people quit smoking, then make cigarettes cost a penny a carton and tell everybody how smoking is completely harmless
They even made a commercial with The Flintstones smoking! My high school had a smoking area in back of the building. (1981) I think they stopped it the next year. 1981 Graduate!😎✌❤
I really feel for these people. I'm also empathetic. I'm quiting today any positive encouragement is greatly accepted. I've been quiting for 4-5 yrs. Today is the day 👊🚭
I have known people that have died of lung and throat cancer they never smoked a day in there life nor were they around anybody who smokes ,Yes cigarettes are harmful, But explain why those people died of throat and lung cancer without smoking . I also have known people at 80 that smoked all there life with only minor health problems .
Exactly, it's a genetic crap shoot. My granddad smoked Pall Mall no filters until the night before he died at 96 years old, he also washed his hands in lacquer thinner at the end of each day to get the grease off his hands from working on trucks. Aside from a broken leg, he'd never been in a hospital, never went to a doctor for anything either. Same with me, never been in a hospital, couldn't drag me into a doctor's office with a tow truck and I outwork kids half my age while smoking a cigarette as they huff and puff trying to move I beams.
True man. My great grandmother died in 1976 at just a bit over 76 (Almost 77) years old. Never smoked or drank a day in her life but dies of throat cancer. Friend of mine smoked a lot and drank like a WW2 era Russian soldier and lived to almost 90. It's gotta be genetics, not just the smokes.
Who knows why they got oral throat and lung cancers. Perhaps they worked in an environment with a lot of second hand smoke. Bars come to mind at least until recent years. Also, cancer is not the only disease smoking can cause. It causes heart disease and other pulmonary diseases plus complicates many common illnesses like diabetes. Even someone with robust genetics will rarely get away unscathed so honestly why not quit?
I smoked 15-30 a day for 13 years on/off, but quit more than double that now, 29 years as of 29.04.2024 Never chain-smoked, i couldn't get the metal to light
I quit smoking about 50 years ago. Cigarettes were around $0.30/pack. A buddy, who was in the Navy, could get them for $0.17/pack. That was $1.70/carton.
Cancer was cheaper back then.
Bought a lot of cartons in the Navy too. Quit now for 25 yrs
cancer in Australia is like $45 a pack now
i remember having watery eyes due to smog in LA in 1971 and ash trays full of cigarette butts on every desk. No wonder so many people got lung cancer or Emphysema.
This film illustrates why I smoke today. Growing up in the 70s everybody smoked. You could smoke in the doctor's office waiting room, the hospital, McDonalds (waiting in line) and every restaurant you could think of. At least when I started it was still *"Cool"* to smoke. I do wish I never started honestly. I'm over 50 and actually quit for a few years until I "relapsed" because I said what the hell just let me bum one. Still, smoking cigarettes beats the hell outta smoking meth, so...🤔
All the commercials where cigarettes or alcohol and electronics. It was very popular to smoke, all the talk shows had people on and they smoked, movie stars etc.
The tobacco companies should have to pay all those people who's families members died from cancer that tried to sue back then.
Tobacco companies should be closed down for good! But there are many things that should be shut down.
I'm a smoker too but they all should be closed forever,
Yeah such a scam, they made so much money and people got sick and died.
Dude just watching them smoke, makes my eyes burn and my throat hurt. I can't be around cigarette smoke it makes me sick!
I started smoking at 16 in 1985 i didn't know how addictive they where at the time starting with just one a day by the time i was 17 i was smoking a pack a day. Now at 52 in 2021 I Quit smoking.
50 years later and people still smoke 😳
Smoked Camels for way too many years. Glad I quit but still miss the taste. Just a good cigar on a holiday now.
I love tobacco.
The one and only good thing about this whole issue, that we are now plainly seeing, is the fact that every testament, piece of data, and research that came out of the old days like that about the dangers of smoking should be adequate to educate us more and future generations about how bad it is to your health. Never start smoking! And, if you did, quit as soon as possible before you croak from it! Before it's too late! If the world never started smoking, all of those years ago in its history, then much of what we now know about how bad it is would be lost until a later time. And it would have taken a lot longer to find out the real cost of it. Show more smokers this film, man! Show the entire world the truth about it! Smoking. Is. Bad!!
It’s interesting that this type of film is not produced any longer. There are billions to be made, tax revenue is a powerful driver of politicians decisions.
People in the west got the message. The tobacco companies have now focused on Africa and Asia.
yes yes lets blame everything on cigarettes.
Well, that's what this video is about. Duh
Right!!!.
What about What We Inhale From Cars,Trucks,Boats And Way Much More
No that would be alcohol.
No. just respiratory diseases.
It's actually these well-intentioned anti-smoking films that MAKE people smoke. People smoke because they know it's wrong. People love to be rebels. They love it. They love to do a thing they know is wrong. It's fun to be that way. If you really wanted to make people quit smoking, then make cigarettes cost a penny a carton and tell everybody how smoking is completely harmless
That's what started this mess in the first place
What do you suggest. That films like this should never have been made?
Smoke bad
This is a 1978 public service film; MCMLXXVIII translates to "1978."
They even made a commercial with The Flintstones smoking! My high school had a smoking area in back of the building. (1981) I think they stopped it the next year. 1981 Graduate!😎✌❤
My high school had a smoking section also. Graduated in 84.
Got out in '83. Our school's 'smoking room' was a roofed walkway between buildings.
Schools still having smoking rooms to this day. I know mine did and still does Lol.
I had a 20 year pack a day habit. Quit in the 90's. Thank God. When I went into health care I saw firsthand what it does to the human body.
I really feel for these people. I'm also empathetic. I'm quiting today any positive encouragement is greatly accepted.
I've been quiting for 4-5 yrs.
Today is the day 👊🚭
I have known people that have died of lung and throat cancer they never smoked a day in there life nor were they around anybody who smokes ,Yes cigarettes are harmful, But explain why those people died of throat and lung cancer without smoking .
I also have known people at 80 that smoked all there life with only minor health problems .
Exactly, it's a genetic crap shoot. My granddad smoked Pall Mall no filters until the night before he died at 96 years old, he also washed his hands in lacquer thinner at the end of each day to get the grease off his hands from working on trucks. Aside from a broken leg, he'd never been in a hospital, never went to a doctor for anything either. Same with me, never been in a hospital, couldn't drag me into a doctor's office with a tow truck and I outwork kids half my age while smoking a cigarette as they huff and puff trying to move I beams.
True man. My great grandmother died in 1976 at just a bit over 76 (Almost 77) years old. Never smoked or drank a day in her life but dies of throat cancer. Friend of mine smoked a lot and drank like a WW2 era Russian soldier and lived to almost 90. It's gotta be genetics, not just the smokes.
Who knows why they got oral throat and lung cancers. Perhaps they worked in an environment with a lot of second hand smoke. Bars come to mind at least until recent years. Also, cancer is not the only disease smoking can cause. It causes heart disease and other pulmonary diseases plus complicates many common illnesses like diabetes. Even someone with robust genetics will rarely get away unscathed so honestly why not quit?
All the age old excuses rearing their ugly heads again
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Exactly 💯
They're not covering the brand names or showing packs with fictional names like most of these films.
I smoked 15-30 a day for 13 years on/off, but quit more than double that now, 29 years as of 29.04.2024
Never chain-smoked, i couldn't get the metal to light