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| Nov 30, 2007 00:18 | #11   |
 | I'm sorry about that, Iceblue. I had the same encounters too. Most of the time they would even blow smoke right in front of you. I think that is very rude. -_- People who do that are ignorant scumbags in my book. Alan |
| Dec 5, 2007 19:56 | #12 |
| I consider myself lucky to be living in a very progressive country in terms of smoking awareness. Canada is considered to be among those countries at the forefront of anti-smoking legislation. Most of Canada's provinces and territories have enacted laws to ban smoking in all public areas including restaurants, bars and the workplace. I am grateful that I can enjoy smoke-free air whenever I leave my home and very rarely encounter cigarette smoke anymore. When I was in China this summer I received a rude awakening as to how people live in other parts of the world, smoke-wise. Smoking in restaurants was a big problem for me. I was happy however to see many people respond favorably when I asked them to put their cigarette out. My biggest nightmare however occurred when I took a train from Guangzhou to Shanghai and had to breathe in smoke for most of the 30 hour trip. |
| Dec 5, 2007 19:56 | #13 |
| If you'd like to see how the world shapes up in terms of smoking bans and percentage of smokers, take a peek at this map. Click on a country and scroll down in the box to read more about each one. http://www.cbc.ca/ China has one of the highest smoking rates in the world. 66% of men smoke in China. 10% of women smoke in China. 61% of men smoke in Russia. 15% of women smoke in Russia. Canada has one of the lowest smoking rates in the world 17% of men smoke in Canada 14% of women smoke in Canada 24% of men smoke in the U.S. 18% of women smoke in U.S. |
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