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Cyclists sharing a smoke at the Tour de France, 1927 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[off topic]

I remember reading a story of patients smoking on the lung ward, circa 1930.

[–] noahm 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've known two respiratory therapists. They spend their days working with people suffering from emphysema and other smoking related ailments. Both of them smoked.

People are weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I used to work for a public health organization and spent a lot of time in hospitals.

Nurses smoking outside the Emergency Room was something I saw every day