5. You Couldn’t Get Away From The Cigarette Smoke
The 1980s, for all the glamour that people imagine in the decade nowadays, happened before people knew that smoking wasn’t healthy for you. Sure, there were probably some people who thought that maybe they weren’t good for you, but there were plenty of people who at least didn’t know they were harmful.
So you couldn’t really ever get out of the cloud of cigarette smoke that hung inside just about every home, park, and public building. Some of the more health-conscious smokers, probably as part of the health food craze, smoked “light cigarettes,” which were just as bad for you but left the smokers with less guilt.