Having lived in Mexico for a while... This is gonna piss off a looooot of people. The only nationality I've seen that smokes more than Mexican people is Italians and Chinese people (on vacation, haven't been to China yet)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_consumption_by_country it doesn't seem like latin america consumes that much tobacco, with the exception of argentina
the problem is the gulf between older people and young people. latin american countries started fighting tobacco use later than most places in Europe but had way better results and all of a sudden. down here we banned all smoking indoors. older people were of course pissed off but it's not like people feel entitled to smoking so they eventually get over it.
Hm I see... Mine was just anecdotal observation, but it is true that in a lot of countries in LATAM you don't see many spaces for smokers. Mexico was the first place where I saw an ashtray on the outside of every office building, or ashtrays on outside tables, which is a rare sight, even in Argentina.
I didn't see that many people smoking when I lived in SP though. And cigarettes were EXPENSIVE as shit (but then again everything is expensive in Brazil compared to other countries)
the younger generations (i mean people in their 30s and younger) seem to have given it up all together. if an older person in their 60s is pissed off at sin taxes or the prohibition it mostly comes from a different place, i think. it's more 'ey look i'm an addict give me a break i already made sure my kids won't smoke, at least let me smoke in the garage or outdoors' rather than 'goddamn nanny state ruining my freedom'.
Having lived in Mexico for a while... This is gonna piss off a looooot of people. The only nationality I've seen that smokes more than Mexican people is Italians and Chinese people (on vacation, haven't been to China yet)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_consumption_by_country it doesn't seem like latin america consumes that much tobacco, with the exception of argentina
the problem is the gulf between older people and young people. latin american countries started fighting tobacco use later than most places in Europe but had way better results and all of a sudden. down here we banned all smoking indoors. older people were of course pissed off but it's not like people feel entitled to smoking so they eventually get over it.
Hm I see... Mine was just anecdotal observation, but it is true that in a lot of countries in LATAM you don't see many spaces for smokers. Mexico was the first place where I saw an ashtray on the outside of every office building, or ashtrays on outside tables, which is a rare sight, even in Argentina.
oh down in brazil we still have lots of those too, they come built in with the garbage trays.
I didn't see that many people smoking when I lived in SP though. And cigarettes were EXPENSIVE as shit (but then again everything is expensive in Brazil compared to other countries)
the younger generations (i mean people in their 30s and younger) seem to have given it up all together. if an older person in their 60s is pissed off at sin taxes or the prohibition it mostly comes from a different place, i think. it's more 'ey look i'm an addict give me a break i already made sure my kids won't smoke, at least let me smoke in the garage or outdoors' rather than 'goddamn nanny state ruining my freedom'.
Chinese people in China also smoke heavy but don't discount the power of the French
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Surprisingly, :anti-italian-action: smoke way more than French, from what i've seen.
Idk about Italy even, I just went to Paris once and had my mind reshaped
Chinese people do smoke a lot. It is more noticeable since no one respect no smoking area since there is no real enforcements.