re: Why did people in the past look so much older? (Picture from the 80s inside)

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A lot of it is smoking. Being around that all day especially inside, kills your body. Skin is particularly affected.

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Few today realize how prevalent it was when baby boomers were growing up. I’m 66, as a kid I lived in a house with parents that if they were awake they were smoking in the house. We traveled in a closed car while they smoked. Go to the movies every adult around you was smoking. Same for the workplace, most offices had a blue cloud hanging from the ceiling. there were no non-smoking hotel rooms, the worst was having to fly and the last seat available was in the smoking section. Airplane mechanics would locate door seal leaks by looking for tar/nicotine stains around the door.