Was smoking allowed in the boxing arenas in the past?

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  1. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Do bears **** in the woods? Why do you think they called them smokers?
     
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  2. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    In the 50s some brands were “Dr. recommended”.
     
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  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    As a few pointed out, probably all had smoking in the arenas back in the day s. Everybody smoked back then, and smoked everywhere.
    There was lighting up in interviews on TV, quiz shows, on the bus, in hospital s.. You name it!
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    All these years later, this post warmed my heart.
     
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LOL; I like this back in the day! Maybe I am getting old, but I remember going to shows in the 90s where you could smoke. Indeed I would suggest until the smoking ban 12-ish years ago, smoking in boxing shows in England was happening.
     
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  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    No, it was compulsory!
     
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  7. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m surprised that some people are surprised about the smoking environment back then.
    It was just the way things were it was normal.
    It was more a case of who didn’t smoke.
     
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  8. Mendoza

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    Yes, you can even see the smoke rising from the patrons on some old Joe Louis films.
     
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