Smoking In Europe

One thing that you can't avoid in Europe is the number of people smoking, even right next to no smoking signs. Every body is doing it and alwyas amazed at the number of young kids smoking too. In contrast, I think the whole 'Quit Smoking' campaign in Australia has had an effect on attitudes, also laws/litigation about smoking in the workplace, pubs, restaurants etc.

The funniest instance I saw was in a train station in Madrid. The ticketing office was about 4m x 4m. There were 4 people in it. 3 were smoking and chatting while the 4th was serving customers. The whole thing was enclosed in glass and the ticket window didn't have an opening, just a speaker to communicate. They were certainly getting good value for their 2nd hand, passive smoking!