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Smoking has been around for about 5000 years, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_smoking

It may be the impact to others that gave smoking it's stigma compared to alcohol. Smoke drifts through the air and leaves a pungent smell in clothing. For non-smokers, this can be far more impacting than alcohol when both substances are consumed in moderation.

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Right, but it wasn't the modern form of smoking a lot every day as a habit, as far as I can tell, but more of an occasional thing. That's what I tried to cover, vaguely, with "for the most part." Smoking a little bit isn't too bad, it's when you're inhaling multiple cigarettes every day that you really have trouble.

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