Originally Posted by
margbella 
I agree about the glamour being gone now Driguy, but disagree that less young people started to smoke after the 70s. It was always a sign of rebellion in the young. All of our rock heros and punks and skinheads and grunge icons smoked, so we did too.
Actually, I can't speak to the youth in the 70s, as I was a young adult observing people my age quitting tobacco during that time. I also remember hearing that kids were still starting, while the older generation were the ones setting a new trend for their peers, which is kind of an unusual pattern for setting trends, I think.