Thank fuck this is no longer the case – the "non-smoking" sections were usually just 2nd hand smoke sections

I remember being in the hospital emergency room with parents during the mid 70's and the doctor lit one up right there. My parents later talked about how inappropriate it was. That was the first time I heard talk of it being bad. Everyone smoked everywhere all the time

I do, but a pack of cigarettes wasn’t $12 back then…

Smoking sections in restaurants were just as bad.

My "step-dad" used to sit as close as he could to the smoking section in restaurants and would try to fight anyone that lit up.

Childhood was fun.

I took a smoking flight once. It totally reeked. Even as a smoker it was unpleasant. I also smoked in my hospital room after an appendectomy, which in hindsight seems absolutely nuts.

I quit 12 years ago after trying dozens of times. I credit e-cigs with helping me finally wean off of tobacco.

I remember when Camel's, Marlboro's, and Newports were $0.60 a pack

Just wrapping up a trip to China... I kept telling my partner how much every restaurant smelled like the 80s. So glad it's not like this any more in the States.

I think the world is better off with the decline of tobacco but I used to spend time in East Germany and they used to have cigarette machines right on the street. My Oma would send me down with 5 marks to pick her up a pack.

I think smoking rooms in hotels are still a thing, but they're certainly less common than they were. My mother and I got stuck in a smoking room despite booking a non-smoking room well in advance and it was awful. Stayed just one night and our clothes smelled like cigarette smoke for the rest of the trip.

I don't really care if people smoke, but gosh, ya'll need ventilation.

lol when they did, a pack didn’t cost $12.00

Remember when they didn't have smoking sections, you were allowed to smoke anywhere?

I quit smoking when Marlboros went over $2/pack lol. Airports had these awful rooms where all the smokers would cram in and hotbox. Other countries are still like it used to be here in the US. Japan comes to mind as one such bad example. If you ask for a non-smoking table in a restaurant, they just sit you at any random table and put a little "no smoking" sign on it!

In early high school (15~ years ago), I went with my girlfriend at the time and her family to a local restaurant that still had one of the only smoking sections left in the city. All of her family smoked, and I couldn't even enjoy my meal because my senses were overloaded by cigarettes. It was horrible and I'm so thankful we removed smoking indoors in the states.

casinos dont allow smoking anymore (at least the ones ive been) and the smoking room they had was so small and pathetic and had no ventilation at all it was terrible

not that i went there to smoke or gamble i just wanted to check it out. it was horrible

When I was little, I asked my parents why they don't smoke and they just laughed. I didn't understand why. Because 100% of the other adults I knew were smokers.

I remember when the Denny's not far from my apartment had one of these vending machines.

My favorite store in the mall was next to the donut shop and I used to have to hold my breath as I passed because it was so smokey.

Airplanes even had ashtrays with little flip up lids in the armrests.

clearly the tobacco industry didn't lobby hard enough

The packs cost more and you got less in them so a 20 pack would have 17

German airports still do, have smoking rooms in fact