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Predicting the future - How realistic is it that cigarettes will have virtually disappeared by the year 2200?
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July 2nd, 2010
The other day I was watching some of the old Star Trek DS9 series and the following thought occurred to me:
In practically all of the Star Trek series the entire universe is depicted as a giant smoke-free zone. The only episodes I remember featuring smokers are the ones with holodeck visits of the 1940ies or earlier. Not a single Star Fleet member is a smoker. Not a single alien species either. The only addicts seem to be the Jem’Hadar sucking ketracel-white.
Is this how we picture the future? Or is there a deal between Hollywood and the United States Department of Health conveying the message that heroes don’t smoke?
Why are there no smokers in Star Trek? How realistic is this kind of future? Was Gene Roddenberry a anti-smoking crusader?
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