Weekend Post - Customs (Smoking)

Americans get very excited about the issue of smoking, and it is not a good idea to get Americans too excited about any particular issue. Smoking was highly acceptable a few decades ago, but now smokers are in a dwindling minority. Many states and local cities have laws limiting the public areas in which people may smoke, or mandating non-smoking areas in restaurants. Cigarette advertising has been banned from radio and television for many years. Many trains and airlines do not allow smoking at all. Most modern manufactured cigarettes are filtered and include reconstituted tobacco and other additives. The cigarette is also known to give cancer and many other diseases.