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Re:When cigarette companies used doctors to push smoking (2018) by ars on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:42PM (#30004268)
It's longer than that, the term "tobacco heart" was around in 1880! I remember reading a short story from around then (I think by Mark Twain), where the character is criticized for the unhealthy habit of smoking.

Maybe lung cancer was 1950s, but health in general? Much, much earlier than that.

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