cigarets

In the 1950s around half the population was smokimg cigarettes where believed to be a cool harmless tthing But this all changed when it was discovered that smokimg causef cancer Smokimg first became popular in britan smokimg was socially accepted and big shot Hollywood actors would be smocking all the time World War II gave cigarette smoking another tremendous boost and by 1945 consumption peaked at 12 manufactured cigarettes a day for every adult male in the country. This soon tailed off to about 10 a day, where it remained for the next 30 years or so.

Cigarette smoke was part of the background of everyday life in the sixties. Most men and women lit up and children as young as ten took up smoking for the first time. Although most people had a vague awareness of the health risk, only a minority gave up smoking.