(At least by this point in history, society appears to have rejected the idea of corralling all of the smokers to hotbox in a glass room.) In the following Big lighter advertisement, allegedly circa 1980, movie theater patrons are asked to refrain from flicking their Bic in the auditorium, and to take their smoking to the outer lobby. Those of us who attend modern independent cinemas (such as Brooklyns Nitehawk) are likely to have seen this pre-show no-smoking public service announcement from director John Waters, originally made for the Landmark premiere of his film Pink Flamingos
Selected References: National Toxicology Program
Sometimes preventing an asker from barking up the wrong tree can be taken personally by an answerer as a "correction"
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Physical Activity Mitigates Negative Effects of Serum Cotinine Induced by Tobacco on the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Liya Xu, Xiaosheng Dong, Zan Gao, Tingting Sun, Cailiang Zhou, Xu Wen, Xiao Hou 7
