Let's refrain from using that term as hyperbole. It wasn't fake news as much as it was unknown or mistaken news.

Also, second-hand smoke does have negative health consequences AND in an enclosed, unventilated area like a bar or restaurant, it is impossible to avoid having the smell cling to your clothes and hair. I smoke occasionally, but it's a disgusting and filthy habit and I don't want to assault someone else's senses, similar to reheating fish in the office microwave.

Clubs and bars used to be full of smoke.

It's way easier to breath as an asthmatic, though I'm sure it was affecting others.

It's good to not come back home smelling like an ashtray.

One good thing, is that was a way of breaking the ice to talk to people.

Not entirely sure why you'd consider it fake news. My grandfather has suffered from bladder cancer twice, though he has never smoked. He did, however, work in kitchens of restaurants/bars that allowed smoking. Once he left those kitchens, he went into remission and has remained so.

Huh, Wikipedia shows evidence that dangers are existent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_smoking#Controversy_ov...

It also shows some rebuttals by tobacco sponsored research.