According to the 2011 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty Military Personnel, service members smoke at a higher rate (24 percent) than their civilian counterparts (18 percent) and service members who identify as heavy smokers often began smoking at 14 years old or younger
In the time period of Mad Men - much more so than even today - there were many social boundaries around sex and race, of ones basic identity, and a suffocating rigidity in roles that people felt pressured to act out in their lives
A technique called 'retrohaling' helps to savor a cigar
If one industry, like restaurants, were struggling because they were closed, another industry like retail sales were doing well
Long-term exposure to lead can cause neurological damage, kidney dysfunction, anemia, and reproductive issues