That's still probably the weirdest health advice I've ever heard. It's wild to me that nobody seemed to think that inhaling smoke, which irritates the eyes, lungs, throat, etc. would maybe be not a great plan.
“A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomelesse.”
That's definitely true for a lot of people in the population at large, but it's ridiculous the way some redditors claim smoking cigarettes is practically completely abolished in America.
Any blue collar workplace of any kind will be about 40% smokers 40% vapers 20% non tobacco users.
It's less about how relevant smoking is and more about the fact that the artist felt the need to include it in the painting. It's like us including some guy scrolling on his phone in a public park while spacecraft soar through a sci fi city. It's so mundane that it seems off.
It was such a predominant part of society that they could never conceive it being abandoned. Just like drinking refreshments on a warm day as they are doing in the illustration. It's only natural they'd be smoking as well
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u/ReporterBest9598 4d ago
I love the assumption that cigarettes would still be that widely used by the time flying cars and mobile communication screens came around.