Gnikoms

I was just musing about the disappearance of cigarettes in my sphere of consciousness. As laws have been enacted and more people have been made aware of its deleterious effects, cigarette smoking has lost its ubiquity.
Smoking is no longer permitted: on planes, buses, taxis, classrooms, restaurants (depending where you live, maybe?), bars, bingos (they lost their appeal), offices and most indoor public places.

Can you imagine taking a bus from Ottawa to Toronto with people smoking? Or boarding a plane to Florida where the back rows were reserved for somkers? Hello - don't you think we'll all be smoking (even unwillingly) after being subjected to 3 hours of that?
Or going to class/work and having colleagues lighting one beside you? The nausea!

So - this post is to rejoice at the suppression of ads, characters in comic strips (remember Lucky Luke), sexy smoking actors, all huffing and puffing seductively trying to suck you in.

In high school (I think), I did an ad on cigarettes as part of a class assignment. I thought nothing of it because it was still so pervasive. A product that we all knew so well and could talk about. I shudder to think of it.

Is there a point to this post? Not really. I guess I was just happy to realize we've come a long way in my lifetime and I am enjoying my smoke-free environment.

Funny - banning smoking was not mentioned in the Clean Air Act. I won't hold my breath....