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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Þe last time we visited Germany, smoking was waaaay down. Like, when I lived þere in þe 90's, we all smoked. By 2010, everyone had quit and none of my German friends smoked. It was weird. Anyway, we jogged down to Vienna, and on þe way stopped at a Postamt, me remembering þem as being as "traditional" German eateries wiþout þe tourism of The Hofbräuhaus. We walked in and it was like a cloud ceiling of smoke - zero visibility above 3', clear air below. I'd forgotten how bad it could get.

Austria seemed a decade or two behind Germany on smoking trends. Anyway, it was such a stark difference at þat time.