I'm trying to peg some informal indicators of an increase in pipe smoking. Here are a few, and then you add yours, if you will.
When pipe and pipe tobacco kit ads begin to show up in publications and online beside those ads for cigar samplers, in car, sports, and gun magazines.
When you see young people smoking pipes on the street or behind the wheel.
When a variety of pouch tobacco reappears in retail stores like groceries, convenience stores, and in airports and bus stations.
When pipes turn up being smoked by leading actors in movies, not supporting role character actors.
And, and ... you take it from here.
When pipe and pipe tobacco kit ads begin to show up in publications and online beside those ads for cigar samplers, in car, sports, and gun magazines.
When you see young people smoking pipes on the street or behind the wheel.
When a variety of pouch tobacco reappears in retail stores like groceries, convenience stores, and in airports and bus stations.
When pipes turn up being smoked by leading actors in movies, not supporting role character actors.
And, and ... you take it from here.