A patient buying cigarettes from his hospital bed, 1950s. We have come a long way

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    1. spurs_99_03_05_07_14 on

      to be fair cigarettes contained radium back then which made your cancer glow, making it easier to find

    2. Just_Getting_By_1 on

      They used to actually recommend pregnant women to smoke to control their hunger cravings, so there is that.

    3. Surgeons obviously smoked when they did surgeries and wasn’t uncommon to use the open abdomen as an ashtray, immune system booster.

    4. SarcasticBench on

      Look at what we lost! I bet the reason sheets are no longer made with asbestos is because they stopped doing this!

    5. Devils_A66vocate on

      Now they just make the dangerous things mandatory and bring it to you before you get to the hospital.

    6. Enough-Ad1703 on

      And these are the same generation that calls newer generations dumb and controls what happens to an entire nation 😭😭😭😭😭

      Older don’t mean smarter

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