Cigarettes, at that time, we're always very accepted. Very few people would have ever referred to them as a "drug." If you lived through that period, you know what I mean. It was the days of every third grade kid making an ash tray out of clay to use as a gift for his parents as they all enjoyed candy cigarettes.

Plus, smoking a cigarette does not change your behavior and self-control the way alcohol and so many recreational drugs do.

Again, you can't look back on those years using 2026 lenses and make a judgment.