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Khelthuzaad t1_j299nh6 wrote

Reply to comment by Brotherdodge in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge

>If vaping was around in the 1860s, it might have prevented the rise of fascism.

You jest but Hitler was a huge anti-smoking supporter.One of the less known campaign of his was probably the most effective anti-tobacco campaign in Europe in the 1930'' in a time where everyone was addicted to it.

Also noted Germans invented Heroin as a coughing syrup :))

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Kriegmannn t1_j29qrji wrote

Meth chocolate too. Imagine being a Nazi and you’re like “damn a cig would kill with this chocolate”

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Marine__0311 t1_j2a429y wrote

It wasn't effective at all, in fact the numbers of smokers went up while the Nazis were in power. Germany did lead the world in anti-tobacco use campaigns as well as research of the negative effects tobacco had on health, but that began well before the Nazis took power.

While the anti-smoking campaign in Nazi Germany was highly touted, anti-smoking laws were routinely ignored, poorly enforced, and pretty much useless. Their effectiveness was marginal at best, and after 1940, was heavily restricted by the government.

The Nazi Party actually made a huge amount of money from tobacco sales, and controlled the market. You might find this interesting. Sturm Cigarette Company

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MPCNPC t1_j2c3lqy wrote

“Smoke Jews, not tobacco” 😐

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crazyjkass t1_j2agbrx wrote

It's said that when Hitler shot himself, tons of people in the bunker lit up cigarettes.

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