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Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by johannes1234321 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:53AM (#34500741)
I think this changed with increase in non-smoking areas.

Back a few decades it was normal that cigarette smoke was everywhere. Trains, restaurants, offices, factories, at home, ... it was just normal. Nowadays in many places it is more notable.

Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by bombolo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:53AM (#34502459)
When I was a child I hated going to restaurants in the winter because we'd have to sit in a cloud of smoke.

Otherwise at home and school there was no smoke.

Smoke was theoretically already forbidden everywhere but nobody cared.