Should Europe quell smoking to limit climate change?

[lightbulb27]

The #1 problem in Europe... smoking. So many smoke... and for what? Why do they do it... boredom, lack of religion, unawareness of lung damage? Why?

It isn't the old... it's the young, the middle aged and the old. Every dinner outside has smoke blowing every direction and every flavor of bubble gum, tobacco, and flower. Blech!

I'd like to see Greta and company do a campaign to stop smoking everything. It save so much resources... batteries, human lungs, purify air and probably... reduce climate damage.

A common scene

[Lliam]

No.

Karens who try to control other people's lives should stay home, isolated from pollution, scary germs, nature and other people. They have no right imposing their views on others.

Climate change. LMAO
The same people who believe in climate change think weather modification is a conspiracy theory when weather modification is one of the main causes of climate change.

[lightbulb27]

I'm envisioning a new day where I can enjoy the good food in Europe without inhaling someone elses exhaust plumes. To make up for the lost tax revenue from the probably 100 million smokers, they tax the air. Or maybe a shoe tax... want to walk around on the nice old roman roads with new. shoes, pay a tax.
My alternate solution is to join them by producing my own toxic smells.

[Jamie05rhs]

Because Westen corporations marketed cigarettes to the third world countries after Americans got wise and the jig was up in the American market. So then the third world people all got hooked. (Because they don't have anything significant going on in their lives. Just like the rednecks and the people in the hood.) Then all of those third world people came to Europe and brought the bad habit with them. And that started a trend, because everyone wants to be like the cool "diverse" people.
And then you have the French... who just smoke because they're fucking stupid.

[Jamie05rhs]

Thanks for the MHO!

[katiesmuff]

I think the US has done everything imaginable to curtail here and still those die hard smokers still smoke like they just don't get it. Not only not good for environment but also will likely kill you and not pleasantly.

[purplepoppy]

Yes. Not a huge thing where I live, you're more likely to see someone vape than smoke but that's just as annoying especially because the stench hangs in the air.

[exitseven]

I% do not know how much cigarettes cost in Europe but I think that charging 15 dollars a pack has done more to get people to quit than any phony baloney anti -smoking campaign.

[DryGermanGuy]

In Germany it’s 7 to 9€ per pack. So far, the percentage of people smoking went down from 28% to 10%. There is now a complete prohibition of tobacco advertisement.

[Anonymous]

They could just endorse genocide to ready sort the issue

[lightbulb27]

I figure that is genocide, trouble is their personal suicide becomes my eventual medical ailment.

[slatyb]

No, that's a trivial amount of carbon release. They are quickly moving to electric cars and renewable energy. It's the US that is the biggest contributor refusing to change.

[FenixG45]

I don't think people smoking is nearly as big a problem as heavy carbon-emitting countries, like US, China & India.

That said, stopping smoking will have enormous impact on healthcare and longevity.

[noohair]

They make too much money in taxes to ban smoking.

[lightbulb27]

boom!

[jahaims]

Lmfao