In 1983 the president of Philip Morris told a marketing meeting: We must continue to exploit new opportunities to get cigarettes on screen and into the hands of smokers. In 1989 the same company paid $350,000 to have its Lark brand featured in (appropriately) Licence to Kill
Smoking-attributable ADOD burden by SDI In 2021, the ASR of deaths, DALYs, YLLs, and YLDs were highest in high-middle SDI regions, with ASDR at 0.96 (95% UI: 0.222.6), ASDAR at 21.96 (95% UI: 9.649.15), ASR of YLLs at 14.41 (95% UI: 3.440), and ASR of YLDs at 7.55 (95% UI: 4.511.14)
And to me, that would be key to things not being so dismal
The rumor was that you couldnt legally smoke and drive a car
You can be vulnerable to pain, infections, inflammations, and other health issues