• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Back in the old days (hangs onion from belt) we could smoke in the office. I knew a 3 pack a day smoker - Canada so 25 to a pack. The only way he could manage to do it is that he always had one in his hand. If he didn’t, he lit another one. That meant that he’d often put one down to do something, forget about it in the ashtray, and light another. I occasionally saw him with 3 going at once.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      This was extraordinarily common. It’s good that it’s slowly getting behind us (speaking as an ex smoker, thanks to ecigs, I never would have managed without that).

      I think the “people born after this date cannot buy cigarettes” laws are a good system, but it seems that the lobbyists are managing to kill most of those attempts.