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Like a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (27 children)

If you want to experience this sensation today, travel to Russia or Japan. Yes, Japan. People don’t talk enough about how prevalent smoking still is over there. As a non-smoker, the number of restaurants or cafes I could go to without getting sick was diminished by about 90%.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Also:

Any vacation spot with a lot of Russians, like Cuba. Nobody wants to tell a drunk Russian to put out their cigarette indoors, and smoking is allowed in open spaces (even covered spaces like open lobbies)
Rome. Igneous rock is very porous, and everything ancient is made of it. Decades after smoking is banned there, the stonework will still be leaking the fumes out of its pores. The smoke was inescapable when I toured 15 years ago despite it being banned in indoor public places, and it will be inescapable 15 years from now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Nobody wants to tell a drunk Russian to put out their cigarette indoors

As someone living in Russia, the danger is overestimated. The problem is mainly with them not understanding you. Possibly accidentally starting a fire when fulfilling your request.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's probably true. Every drunk non-smoking russian I've met was just happy to make a new friend.

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