I am not saying one should smoke but perhaps people need to be dewormed like pets. And while I don't want to think the push to stop smoking is related perhaps a sick infected population with parasites is easier to control.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/meet-the-parasites-that-control-human-brains
Going along with California as an example "By the mid-20th century, smoking had reached its peak in popularity. In the 1950s and 1960s, around half of the population of industrialized countries smoked, with some countries, such as the UK, having rates as high as 80% of adult men." California was Republican from 1952 to 90's which also follows the increase and reduction of smoking.
Also are parasites demons?
"Evil spirits leads astray the sons of Noah, 1-2. Noah's prayer, 3-6. Mastêmâ allowed to retain one-tenth of his subject spirits, 7-11. Noah taught the use of herbs by the angels for resisting the demons" https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/10.htm
"And we explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth.
And Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from (hurting) the sons of Noah."
I am not saying one should smoke but perhaps people need to be dewormed like pets. And while I don't want to think the push to stop smoking is related perhaps a sick infected population with parasites is easier to control.
California smoking reduction: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1904q1tf
Current adult tobacco use: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm
Cat parasite can change personality: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322594
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/meet-the-parasites-that-control-human-brains Going along with California as an example "By the mid-20th century, smoking had reached its peak in popularity. In the 1950s and 1960s, around half of the population of industrialized countries smoked, with some countries, such as the UK, having rates as high as 80% of adult men." California was Republican from 1952 to 90's which also follows the increase and reduction of smoking.
https://armstronginstitute.org/660-parasites-in-ancient-jerusalem-a-new-study-rather-gruesomely-parallels-the-bible
Parasites in Ancient Jerusalem: A New Study (Rather Gruesomely) Parallels the Bible