Buying a smokers house

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Re the "frowned on in the 1970s"....does anyone recall the sort of date more exactly as to when it had become common knowledge about the dangers of passive smoking?

I stopped smoking at home in 1984 when our first daughter was born, so it was known about by then.

I'd stopped completely by 1987, which was roughly when we decided not to allow smoking in the staff room. I remember thinking "Well, I'm not bothered!"

DaftyDuck

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Re the "frowned on in the 1970s"....does anyone recall the sort of date more exactly as to when it had become common knowledge about the dangers of passive smoking?

It was well-publicised in the late 1950's, but with little effect. There was a further government effort in the '60's that made some headway. However, there was enormous resistance to publicising it in the popular media, partly as a large degree of advertising revenue (and sporting sponsorship) came from the smoking industry.

Look up Sir Richard Doll on the interwebs, to find details of someone who tirelessly worked on this, and other health risks, often at detriment to his career.

troubleinparadise

zagubov wrote: »

It was already being frowned on in the 70s. But in the 60s you only have to watch Mad Men to se how universal it was.

I recall (probably wrongly) smoke in cinemas being routine. Plus public transport. If you told me that polio patients wards of iron lungs had ashtrays for the attendants/ carers/nurses to use I would only be mildly surprised.

Yes, smoking in cinemas - most definitely still allowed in the 70's - along with on airplanes, trains, the London underground - that was only fully banned in 1987!

So smoking was very much a generally accepted activity until pretty much fairly recently.

But information that it was bad for your health was known about quite some years before, but not the issue of "passive smoking" - that was a more recent finding; I'm sure someone will know a time frame for that.

robatwork

troubleinparadise wrote: »

Yes, smoking in cinemas - most definitely still allowed in the 70's - along with on airplanes, trains, the London underground - that was only fully banned in 1987!

Pretty sure some of the 80s too. I clearly remember our local ABC having smoking on the right side only of the cinema. Somehow the pesky smoke didn't obey the rules and still drifted over to the left - that rule was laughable - even at the time I remember being disgusted with smoky cinemas. Luke: "Father".... DV: "No, I am your" COUGH COUGH COUGH

zagubov

I stopped smoking in the early 80s. The bbc showed a repeat of a Horizon programme that made tens of thousands (if not more ) stop smoking. I think back then you could legally repeat a programme once, and I was lucky enough to watch that repeat before the bulk eraser presumably wiped it to save a few bob. And I stopped smoking.

Nowadays you'd need to run a hyperpublicised global megamusic charity telethon with superstars and a budget of millions to save that many lives.

shortcrust

I can remember a woman smoking in the cinema when we saw ghostbusters for my friend's birthday. And craggy faced women smoking various kingsize fags at the back of buses in the mid/late eighties.

I think one room in my house was rented to a smoker at some point, probably years ago. You smell it every now and again.

moneyistooshorttomention

robatwork wrote: »

Pretty sure some of the 80s too. I clearly remember our local ABC having smoking on the right side only of the cinema. Somehow the pesky smoke didn't obey the rules and still drifted over to the left - that rule was laughable - even at the time I remember being disgusted with smoky cinemas. Luke: "Father".... DV: "No, I am your" COUGH COUGH COUGH

I remember that daft sort of idea too. I ended up having a train journey at one point in which I'd reserved a non-smoking seat. But there was a smoking seat right next to mine and the "lady" who sat in it insisted on her "right to smoke" despite my pointing out I had deliberately reserved a non-smoking seat and asking her not to.:mad:

Though worse was when meetings were held in peoples houses and the owners (and some others) smoked their way through them. This was certainly late 1980s onwards and the people were intelligent people having meetings for "good causes" - so they must have known about the effect on others - but still they smoked. I think that must have been when I started turning rather more cynical....

bouicca21

I seem to remember that on London double deckers smoking was only allowed upstairs.

zagubov

bouicca21 wrote: »

I seem to remember that on London double deckers smoking was only allowed upstairs.

That was true in Glasgow. Plus on single decker buses you could smoke at the back.:o

Davesnave

Many of us smoked on the upper deck of the school bus in the 60s, but even non-smoking children had to endure the fumes, unless they were Roman Catholics.

The lower deck was reserved for the adult general public and Convent pupils!:rotfl: