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Professional cigarette tester Sol C. Korn, USA, 1945 (thelemmy.club)
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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Some may be wondering how this scheme worked. Well, it didn't. As someone who waited tables during those times, this really only mattered for seating and where you could light up. In reality, every section was the smoking section since the second-hand smoking experience was practically everywhere, including the kitchen.

There's a special level of hell where your hair and clothes smell permanently of old cigarette smoke and fry grease, and it never washes out.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yep, as a kid my eyes would hurt when we went out to eat and the whole place stank. The whole family was non-smokers and so we'd go out of our way to get an outside table if possible. It's nuts that that was a thing for so long

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