We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans

Re:We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans by cafard on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @08:22AM (#13763443)

Thirty-odd years ago, an acquaintance said that he liked going to runners' parties: an hour after they started, you could still see across the room. I remember going to an art gallery opening and finding myself one of two non-smokers, huddled near a slightly cracked window.

It is astonishing the effect of the cultural shift between routine indoor smoking and it being frowned on.

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Re:We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans by southbridge on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:22AM (#13781903)

I've heard similar stories. Before the hazard of smoking was known as common knowledge runners used to smoke for their training. They thought that it would increase their lung capacity. It was their idea of a performance enhancing drug. Some drank rat poison as well.

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