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I think smoking is a tasteless, senseless habit in real life but there are a lot of things that in real life are issues, in fiction need not be so. And editing them out of historical works is beyond silly, people who want to smoke something will smoke something, those who don't generally, well. Don't?
Besides my mother and grandfather were both big smokers and tons of people/characters on tv and in books smoked and me? Never had a single urge to try one. Honestly if anything it turned me off the idea. I don't think this kind of editing is needed.
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