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It's simply too much for them (feddit.org)
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[–] [email protected] 147 points 4 days ago (33 children)

The smoke definitely is too much for me, at least.

It was the worst part about living in China, too. Can't go anywhere public without just being overwhelmed by the stench of cigarette smoke because everyone is a smoker.

When I once told a coworker I didn't smoke, they thought I had some sort of condition. Like people couldn't even imagine it was just a preference.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When were you there? I live in Shanghai and people still smoke but it’s really less and less every year. Probably similar to European levels now I think, and it’s usually older men.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Feels like yesterday, but scary to think it was almost 10 years ago. This was near Fuzhou.

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