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Old 08-14-2017, 03:37 PM   #28 (permalink)
Hera
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Originally Posted by Jmsmittyroad View Post
That was for our generation. For our parents it was promoted as cool and our grandparents were told it could help some medical issues. My grandfather was told to start smoking in the military because it would stop his nosebleeds. It took a huge legal effort to turn that around.
The Greatest Generation! I think nowadays we're all more skeptical about both advertising and whatever the medical establishment tells us. And maybe bc Chemda didn't go to public school (? I don't think??) she never learned about this in the '90s.
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