In America, smoking has become rare. I just spent a few weeks in Israel, and boy, did I notice the difference. So many people smoke, particularly young girls. Oy.
In America, the slow abolition of smoking has been the results of three or four decades of publich health campaigns, public service announcements, dire warnings everywhere, and massive education in the schools.
In the 60’s, I can remember that most of the adults smoked. They smoked everywhere, even in hospital rooms. It was considered rude to comment on their smoking.
Now that’s all changed, for the better. I hope Israelis can learn the lessons we learned in America faster, but Moses did have to wander in the desert for 40 years waiting for the Israelites to lose their slave mentalities, before entering the Holy Land. Attitudes are slow to change.