Pregnant Jackie Kennedy enjoying a cigarette, 1963

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image showing Pregnant Jackie Kennedy enjoying a cigarette, 1963

WatercressOk8763 on July 27th, 2024 at 12:40 UTC »

Something mostly hidden was Jackie Kennedy smoked heavy in her private life.

wizardstrikes2 on July 27th, 2024 at 12:41 UTC »

History is neat.

It wasn’t until 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry released the first comprehensive report concluding that smoking causes lung cancer and other serious diseases including potential birth defects.

Prior to that nobody publicly knew. Regulation and Anti-Smoking Campaigns didn’t really become popular until the 1980s

NamiSwaaan on July 27th, 2024 at 13:37 UTC »

Unfortunately, that baby was born prematurely with Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome and passed away 2 days after birth