Why do we keep smoking in distant future?
You gotta admit. That roguish guy you just met at space bar looks cooler with cig in his mouth. Not only he always shoots first, but also he manages to do so while puffing awesomely looking clouds of smoke.
The problem is obvious. This is not galaxy far far away, nor long time ago. It is our solar system, circa 2100 CE.
Even bigger problem is, that in year 2016 we know that smoking kills. No matter how cool you may think you are going to look, its not worth the lung cancer. And it does not stay here, inside European Union we are putting really awful pictures on cigarettes:
Warning, graphical content below. Proceed at your own risk!
Translation: Smoking causes heart attack
Assuming realisticly-optimistic scenatrios, we made it to year 2100 without losing knowledge how harmful cigarretes are. Yet, at least half of modern population keeps smoking.
Why?
P.S.: I am not affiliated with any tobacco company
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