In 1988, People Could Smoke in Grocery Stores?
Really?
shareYes, people smoked just about everywhere. It doesn't seem that long ago to me. Funny how times change.
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Seems hard to believe, doesn't it?
It was right around the mid-'80s, when my company banned smoking inside of their buildings. But they were a bit on the progressive side, and it was in L.A.
I quit in '91, but before that, I remember smoking just about anywhere, even during warmups before playing hockey, I'd be skating around with a ciggie hanging out of my mouth. It's a wonder some of the other athletes didn't give me grief for that.
Please. There was probably a Manager's Special on coke.
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You can tell a lot of people on this board are young as heck.
I've never smoked in my life, but I do remember when(during the 80's):
You could smoke in grocery stores...
Smoke on elevators...
Smoke in the movie theatre...
Smoke anywhere in a resturaunt...
And yes... smoke on an airplane...
correct about airplanes..there's still some ashtrays built into seats on some american airline planes, mine still had ash in it..lol
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I saw an interesting article that discussed why Airplanes still have ashtrays...
Of course if you are talking about Airplanes that are still flying, that were built like in the 1980s, and they were originally built with ashtrays, they probably still have them as "leftovers"... It would cost too much to take them out.
But as for modern Aircraft...
It is known, that on long flights, like overseas flights, people may try to sneak a smoke...
Fires on aircraft are highly dangerous for numerous reasons (You can look those up yourself...).
And rather than having people try to put out cigarettes in the lavatories, and then fail to extinguish them... and then place them into trash bins...
Metal ashtrays are still provided so people can place their butts into those. That way, if they are still smoldering, they won't catch anything else on fire, and will eventually burn out.
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You can tell a lot of people on this board are young as heck.
I've never smoked in my life, but I do remember when(during the 80's):
You could smoke in grocery stores...
Smoke on elevators...
Smoke in the movie theatre...
Smoke anywhere in a resturaunt...
And yes... smoke on an airplane...
I was born in the 1960s, and as I recall, there were laws prohibiting smoking in movie theaters and elevators. It was due to fire codes, not any worries about second-hand smoke. That's why it was common to see ashtrays placed right in front of elevators, to remind people to put out their cigarettes before getting on the elevator.
On airplanes, I recall that non-smoking passengers had the right (according to FAA regulations) to request non-smoking seating. However, the complaint there was that second-hand smoke from the smoking section was drifting into the non-smoking section, so they banned smoking entirely at one point.
At some point, restaurants also introduced non-smoking sections, but I think they were voluntary at first. But the same complaints about drifting second-hand smoke came up, so some restaurants set up completely separate rooms with separate ventilation systems for smokers. They had something like that where I worked back in the early 90s - separate break rooms for smokers and non-smokers. But at some point, they eliminated the smokers' break room and made everyone go outside to smoke.
As a smoker myself, I've learned to live with these restrictions, and I'm sensitive to others' health concerns about second-hand smoke. It's not a huge deal to me, as I can wait to smoke outside or at home or wherever.
The only time it has been a bit of a hassle is when I'm traveling on airplanes, as airports also are extremely smoker-unfriendly. share
Smoke in a movie theater? What the fu...
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You could even smoke in shopping malls until the mid 90's. You people must be real young.
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I was discussing this was someone the other night, and remarked, "When's the last time you saw a cigarette machine in a restaurant?" Them days is gone, too.
The elevator one was always stupid. Put our cig for a 20 second trip???
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I know this is going to blow your mind and you may have a hard time believing it but there was a time when you could smoke in a hospital. Watch "Blow Out" (1981) and you see people smoking in the waiting room.
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Yeh I'm only 25 (from UK) and I remember it used to be very common for people to smoke in shops and cafes when I was a kid. My mum even told me that when she had my older sister (in 1975) people where allowed to smoke on the wards in the hospital yet when I worked in a hospital a few years ago no one could smoke on hospital premises, even outside (you could smoke 2 meters outside the "offical" hospital grounds didn't matter if you was staff, patient or visitor).
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I remember as late as 93 here in Jersey, the Pathmark,FoodTown and Shop Rites had those cigarette vending machines in the lobby area of each grocery store. Looking back, it was ridiculously easy for kids to buy cigarettes.
shareIt's kinda sad how the anti-smoking lobbyists have totally screwed all smokers over. I lived in the states last year and one cant even smoke on the sidewalks and are obliged to be at least 25 feet away from buildings etc. And also no smoking on outside restaurants, bars and so on. I mean c'mon! what ever happened freedom of choice and a little more liberal view on things. Yes it's bad for u and everyones knows that but no being able to have a smoke with ur brew outside is just downright ridiculous. imho.
shareI was born in 1989, a year after the film was made. Smoking in a store just seemed/seems strange to me. All I can remember is when it was ok to smoke in restaurants in the smoking section. I suppose for my generation, smoking in a public place is considered fairly taboo.
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