Special mention must go to the film Thank You for Smoking not so much for containing this trope, but for a subplot revolving around a plot by the tobacco industry to revive this trope
Most adults carry HSV-1, the virus behind oral herpes, and most of them have no idea
If nothing else, on a practical level, it relieves the league and the union from having to negotiate and enforce rules about this stuff in collective bargaining and, instead, allows them all to simply say hey, dont break the law at the ballpark. In a larger sense, I appreciate that there are some sticky considerations when it comes to regulating the otherwise legal behavior of consenting adults, but I dont lose much sleep over tobacco regulation in public places
(Highly relevant for global deforestation going forward: the results of the Brazilian presidential runoff on Sunday.) Stat of the Week Thats the (minuscule) proportion of plastic waste from U.S
A millimetre too much and Eve will start growing the wrong way, transforming into anything: a guinea-fowl, a baobab tree or a tank engine in pyjamas