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Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (2025) S1 E3
yellow_rose1 8 points 5 months ago.

I remember my Mom and other patients smoking cigarettes in the waiting area of our Doctors office. I was probably no older than 4. Craven A was my first brand of cigarettes when I started at the age of 10 years old. We would get them from vending machines that would cost you double what a store would charge. If we brought a note to the store from a teenager written in cursive, saying that it was my Mom sending us to buy them for her, they would look at us with, a Yeah right and sell them to us anyway. At the age of 10!!! Those were the days. I still can quit smoking. I’ve tried so many ways and different methods. So if they are so dangerous then why is the government allowing the sale of them? Profit over consumer health will always be a priority, no different then when they sold heroin at the pharmacy

med109 11 points 5 months ago.

I remember being 9 or 10 and my sister was 7 or 8, we had a laundry mat that we would go to with my mom. They had a vending machine that had hot cocoa, coffee, and soup (which was chicken broth), we loved that broth lol. So once or twice a week mom would let us walk the 2 miles to the laundry mat to get the broth, but she also sent a note so we could get her cigarette’s from a vending machine also. if someone asked our note was ok, but usually nobody asked. I also remember people smoking in the grocery store. There were ashtrays at the end of each isle.