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Supplies of illicit drugs are handed out to drug users after a gathering to remember those who died from a suspected overdose, in Vancouver on Feb. 9, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Cigarette smoking was ubiquitous when I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s. You saw people smoking wherever you looked. You could smoke in restaurants, on airplanes, in malls, and even in hospitals. You also couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing somebody smoking or open a magazine without seeing an ad for cigarettes.
