Glad about that. I can’t imagine living in that kind of environment for long

It wasn't bad. One of the skills lost since then was how not to be a fussy Felix Unger bloodhound. You didn't notice it. People are much more sensitive to smells today. Between the body spray and the air fresheners, the modern world still stinks, it just stinks pretty. The other nice thing was that there was a clear distinction between places that were uptight and relaxed. Today the smell of a church and the smell of a bar are almost the same.

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Also, one of the skills lost today is handling fire. Back then everybody lit a match or flicked their Bic 20+ times a day. Casually, effortlessly and elegantly handling flame was a skill almost every sophisticated adult had. Today seeing a 26 year old strike a match is like watching a 6 year old strike a match in the 80s. It's very apparent in films that are period pieces when the actor is kind of terrified of the match they just clumsily struck.

Having grown up on the cusp of smoke free legislation in my country I remember what it's like first hand.

It is sooOooOOoo much better now without smoking everywhere.

Automotive cigarette lighters eventually developed a secondary use as an auxiliary power port. The modern ones don't actually function as a cigarette lighter though. They don't have the clips needed to hold the lighter coil in the socket.

I've been in 3 different people's cars that didn't even have the cigarette lighter hole, and I believe they stopped including the actual lighter in cars before they switched to just having USB outlets in cars

EDIT: The cars were 2015, 2020, and 2021 models. My old 2004 had the cigarette outlet