[Tamar1973]

...so that, for example, Japan and South Korea were respectively first and second in both life expectancy and tobacco consumption.

I used to live in South Korea and it was quite a sight seeing doctors standing outside with their patients (in hospital gowns, IV's etc.) smoking together. I imagine that's what it would have looked like in the '50's here in the US as well. LOL!

There's a scene in April Snow where the wife has awakened from a coma after a severe car accident. She's in a wheelchair and her husband is pushing it and when they get outside for a talk, she asks him for a cigarette. He asks her if the doctor said it was alright and she said yes. Surreal, IMO! LOL!

[Ditter]

If you had been alive in the US in the 50’s you would have seen the doctors and their patients smoking INSIDE the patients rooms in the hospital.