• Bloefz@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Depends totally on which country. And what demographic you visit.

    South and East Europe smoke a lot more than North and West. People outside bars smoke because if they didn’t smoke they’d be inside.

    • Capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      That’s from a European perspective. To me, they all smoke a lot. Shockingly so when one is used to the US. There are regional differences, but it’s more like comparing the size of Lake Constance to Lake Superior: both are huge.

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      17 hours ago

      Maybe things have changed as it’s been a hot minute, but smoking in France and Portugal was common and casual in public when I was there, the UK was/is draconian about it i will admit