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March 19, 2013 at 7:09 am #1531
faultier
MemberSo the no-smoking laws are totally being ignored in this public building next to where we live (and work, shop daily). I have written to the facilities manager and the owner, who replied that they “were aware of the violation and had warned the repeat offenders before, but that there was nothing they could do about it”.
To clarify, we’re talking about people breaking the law on a several-times-daily basis, and nobody in charge seems to care. Anyone been in a similar situation and if so, what did you do about it? Who can I turn to and how best to proceed from here?
March 19, 2013 at 12:33 pm #2512bubbles
MemberI don’t mean to sound snide but, good luck Faultier. Did the facilities manager also happen to mention that he/she was actually the ‘repeat offender’? Highly likely. Austria is one of the West’s last great bastions of the tobacco addict. I’ve been in boardrooms of major banks, corporations and the offices of top military leadership that had smoke so thick you could cut it with a knife. Meanwhile, (many of) the peons gotta go outside to satisfy their need. Note the size of the smoking areas in cafes/resaurants – often larger and more comfortable than non-smokers’. It’s a cultural thing that’s going to take more than a little bit of time to change. I mean, kids of 16 can legally buy tobacco products. I went into a Tabak the other day and there was a guy handing out free tins of flavored snuff! (gateway drug IMHO) WHAT? Last person I knew to do snuff was my great grandmother. I’d say patience and cultural sensitivity are gonna be your best tools for dealing with this particular conundrum – sorry!
March 19, 2013 at 3:05 pm #2513Silvia
MemberThis says it all!
Source: courtesy of NBN at German Wikipedia
These are the 10 countries where people smoke the most.
10. Slovakia
> Pct. adults that smoke: 30.5%
> Pct. men that smoke: 40.8% (32nd highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 23.0% (15th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,403 cigarettes (23rd highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $3.66 (30th highest)Slovakia is one of several Eastern European countries with high smoking rates among adults. In general, Slovakian men smoke at a much higher rate than Slovakian women, with a sizable 18 percentage points difference. But the gap is far narrower among the younger age group. About 26.5% of boys between ages 13 and 15 smoke cigarettes, while 23.4% of girls the same age smoke. Men are also far more likely to die due to tobacco use — 26% of male deaths in 2004 were linked to tobacco use, the ninth highest rate in the world. Meanwhile, only 6% of female deaths in 2004 were attributed to tobacco, ranked a much lower 37th of all measured countries.
9. Turkey
> Pct. adults that smoke: 31.2%
> Pct. men that smoke: 47.9% (16th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 15.2% (31st highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,399 cigarettes (24th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $4.38 (22nd highest)In 2004, 38% of all male deaths in Turkey were attributed to tobacco use, the highest rate in the world. Even those who do not smoke are frequently exposed, including children. More than 89% of children aged 13 to 15 are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, the third highest rate in the world. Aside from being one of the world’s leading tobacco consumers, Turkey is also one of its leading producers. In 2009, the country harvested nearly 140,000 hectares and produced 85,000 metric tons of tobacco, both among the world’s largest amounts.
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8. Romania
> Pct. adults that smoke: 32.4%
> Pct. men that smoke: 40.3% (34th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 25.1% (11th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,404 cigarettes (22nd highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $3.79 (29th highest)Just under a third of adults in Romania — yet another Eastern European nation — smoke cigarettes. This includes 40.3% of men and 25.1% of women. The country is extremely lax when it comes to smoking in the home. An estimated 90.2% of children aged 13 to 15 are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home — the highest rate in the world. Tobacco excise taxes account for more than 60% of the total cost of cigarettes in the country. Many Romanians opt to avoid this fee by purchasing their packs illegally. More than a quarter of cigarettes purchased in Romania are sold through illicit trade.
7. Czech Republic
> Pct. adults that smoke: 36.3%
> Pct. men that smoke:42.5% (tied for 28th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 30.1% (5th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 2,125 cigarettes (7th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $4.33 (23rd highest)The Czech Republic is one of just seven nations where citizens annually consume more than 2,000 cigarettes. Although the country’s men are significantly more likely to smoke than its women, the percentage of female smokers was still the fifth highest among all countries in the study. Czech girls are also more likely to begin smoking at an early age with 32.7% of girls aged 13 to 15 smoking, versus 29.8% of boys that age who do. Regardless, cigarette use for both boys and girls that age is among the highest in the world. In 2001, smoking in the Czech Republic was briefly a subject of significant controversy. That year, tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) approved a study that suggested the country’s finances benefited from smokers’ premature deaths, although it later apologized.
6. Hungary
> Pct. adults that smoke: 36.5%
> Pct. men that smoke: 42.5% (tied-28th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 31.3% (4th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,518 cigarettes (18th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $3.56 (32nd highest)Hungarian men, just as is the case in most countries, smoke at higher rates than Hungarian women. Yet, the country’s female smoking rates are higher than the smoking rates of men in many other countries. More than 31% of women smoke tobacco, the fourth highest rate of any country. Meanwhile, the 42.5% of men who smoke is ranked just 28th. Death from cigarette use is also high with 30% of male deaths and 18% of female deaths in 2004 were attributed to tobacco use. Both of those figures rank fifth highest of all countries measured. Hungary’s parliament passed a law in Sept. 2012 that establishes a state monopoly for tobacco products. The bill would limit the number of retailers that can sell tobacco.
5. Bulgaria
> Pct. adults that smoke: 38.8%
> Pct. men that smoke: 50.3% (10th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 28.2% (6th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 2,822 cigarettes (2nd highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $3.29 (34th highest)Bulgaria is one of just 11 countries in which at least half of the adult male population smokes. It is also one of 11 countries in which more than one-quarter of the adult female population smokes, while 31.6% of girls between the ages of 13 and 15 smoke — the fourth highest rate in the world. Bulgaria’s citizens are not only among the most likely to smoke, but also tend to smoke heavily. The nation consumes the second most cigarettes per capita in the world, at 2,822 per year. On June 1, a national ban on smoking inside enclosed public spaces such as restaurants and bars went into effect — although it has been heavily protested by the country’s hospitality industry.
4. Russian Federation
> Pct. adults that smoke: 39.1%
> Pct. men that smoke: 60.2% (3rd highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 21.7% (20th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 2,786 cigarettes (4th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $1.74 (34th lowest)Russia is one of just three countries where more than 60% of all men smoke cigarettes. Meanwhile, fewer than 22% of women in the country smoke cigarettes. That gap is evident in death rates. In 2004, 28% of male deaths were due to tobacco use, the sixth highest rate in the world. Meanwhile, only 4% of female deaths in 2004 were attributed to tobacco use, the 35th lowest of all countries. The country produces more than 400 billion cigarettes a year, more than any country except for China. As a result, cigarette prices relative to income were the fifth lowest in the world as of 2010. Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev recently called for a cigarette advertising ban, higher sales taxes and a public smoking ban by 2015.
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3. Chile
> Pct. adults that smoke: 40.6%
> Pct. men that smoke: 44.2% (25th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 37.1% (3rd highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 860 cigarettes (40th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $3.80 (28th highest)Chile has the third-highest proportion of adults who smoke for countries of 5 million people or more, but only the 25th highest proportion of men who smoke. More than 37% of women smoke, which is more than all but two large countries. The smoking problem in Chile is not contained to just adults. Nearly 40% of girls aged 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes, the highest rate of any large country. The cost of a pack of cigarettes in Chile is estimated at $3.80, more than $2.50 less than the cost of a pack in the United States, but still higher than most large countries. The Chilean Senate is slated to vote on a bill that would outlaw tobacco use in restaurants and bars.
2. Papua New Guinea
> Pct. adults that smoke: 44.0%
> Pct. men that smoke: 60.3% (2nd highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 27.0% (7th highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 670 cigarettes (51st highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $4.86 (20th highest)The 60.3% of men who smoke cigarettes in Papua New Guinea is more than any other country except for Syria. These smokers start early as more than 52% of boys between the ages of 13 and 15 use cigarettes, the highest percentage in the world. Meanwhile, just under 36% of girls aged 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes, the second highest percentage of all countries and significantly higher than the 27% of all women who smoke. In late 2011, the Papua New Guinea government introduced a public smoking ban and a prohibition on manufacturers making tobacco packets of five cigarettes, which experts argue targets teenagers and lower-income individuals.
1. Austria
> Pct. adults that smoke: 47.0%
> Pct. men that smoke: 48.0% (15th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 47.0% (the highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,650 cigarettes (15th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $6.20 (14th highest)A whopping 47% of women in Austria smoke cigarettes, the highest rate of all countries by eight percentage points and just one percentage point lower than the male smokers rate. A smoking ban has been implemented gradually and haphazardly in the past several years. After a voluntary smoking ban implemented in 2008 failed, the country enacted a law in 2009 to require establishments larger than 80 square meters to provide nonsmoking sections. They had to comply by July 2010, but more than a few business owners have gotten around the rules. For instance, some pubs and restaurants have become licensed “tobacconists,” who are exempt from the smoking bans.
Douglas A. McIntyre, Michael B. Sauter, Alexander E. M. Hess and Samuel Weigley
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http://247wallst.com/2012/11/01/the-countries-with-the-heaviest-smokers/ printed on March 19, 2013March 25, 2013 at 10:43 am #2514Luvwines
MemberWent to Shebeen last night. Sat in the non-smoking section in the back and still reeked like smoke when I got home. Been coughing most of the morning. Someone brought their twin babies as well for dinner, I wonder how much they inhaled.
March 31, 2013 at 10:13 pm #2524bubbles
Member@Silvia wrote:
This says it all!
1. Austria
> Pct. adults that smoke: 47.0%
> Pct. men that smoke: 48.0% (15th highest)
> Pct. women that smoke: 47.0% (the highest)
> Per capita cigarette consumption: 1,650 cigarettes (15th highest)
> Cigarette prices per pack: $6.20 (14th highest)A whopping 47% of women in Austria smoke cigarettes, the highest rate of all countries by eight percentage points and just one percentage point lower than the male smokers rate. A smoking ban has been implemented gradually and haphazardly in the past several years. After a voluntary smoking ban implemented in 2008 failed, the country enacted a law in 2009 to require establishments larger than 80 square meters to provide nonsmoking sections. They had to comply by July 2010, but more than a few business owners have gotten around the rules. For instance, some pubs and restaurants have become licensed “tobacconists,” who are exempt from the smoking bans.
Douglas A. McIntyre, Michael B. Sauter, Alexander E. M. Hess and Samuel Weigley
Also Read: The Most Educated Countries in the World
Source:
http://247wallst.com/2012/11/01/the-countries-with-the-heaviest-smokers/ printed on March 19, 2013DAYUM!!!
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April 2, 2013 at 1:54 am #2525Silvia
MemberSome Austrians are as crazy about cigarettes as some Americans are about guns! BOTH WILL KILL YOU IN A NASTY FASHION and do can do damage to a bystander and in both cases you will have to pry them both out of their cold, dead hands. You are messing with THEIR rights dontcha know? 🙄
June 19, 2016 at 3:46 am #5318Mandrake McArthur
ParticipantI have noticed the same thing , in the City of London ON Ca we have strict non smoking bylaw which a person can not smoke in any public area , And yet the city agents or the cops are not enforcing these bylaws . I would love to be given a badge and the authority to enforce this by-law , no warning would be given to anyone get caught and face the maximum fine . The violators don’t give a flying Fk about the laws they even smoke right in front of the non smoking signs , That’s hardly 9 meters from the door .
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