Yes, that's what Elisa have noticed before you. It's really interesting!

yes maybe you right....most of us smoke....but that doesnt mean everybody......for example i and all my familiy dont smoke....i think turkısh men smoke bcos of bad life conditions(like murmuring women,expensive life)but we all know our friends and family also affect us.....anyway.....normally i never write under such entries which dont make me smile....but a good subject to say someword about......

look george best and dont smoke and drink......

Hehe Rayaman, you are very naughty "murmering women"!!! Your post has driven me to light up another cigarette - and at £5 per packet in the UK, you have made my life expensive also!!

Hehe - but I am a girl!!!! This will not affect me (only my boyfriend I think). Really - do I look like a boy?!!

Hahaha.

Wow cigarettes are really expensive in UK! And then here we're complaining that they are like 4-5 EUROS, not Pounds muhahaha.

Yeah i think making it expensive and making them feel slightly 'uncomfortable' is a good way. Better is to start at youth and at primary schools with information how bad it is. You can influence young kids but you won't be able to stop the older generation that already smokes nowadays i think.

In holland now they write 'Smoking is deadly' and other slogans that say the bad risks of smoking on the packages (ive seen this in france too, i think its something EU?)but i really doubt if it helps.. because now they sell special covers for your package so that you don't have to see it hahaha

Hehe - well done Cyrano!
Smoking is bad for me, and expensive, and not nice for other people I know, but one thing is sure - I WILL DIE, as will all of us, for some reason or another! If not cigarettes, then maybe in my car. Should I stop driving my car? It is certainly as bad for your health, and worse for the planet.

I think the legalisation of softdrugs in Holland is something VERY good.

In the past, many people were killed, prostitutes were not only sexually abused but also in order to get soft drugs from, many crimes were committed, especially in Amsterdam. It's been stated that the legalisation of softdrugs in Holland has prevented many crimes. And the chances of having huge hard-drugs going on, is smaller, because people stick to softdrugs: its safer and cheaper, so why risk for the hard-drugs?

I'm not saying the situation in Amsterdam is perfect nowadays. They are even discussing the Red Light District now. And still crimes are committed, but that's in every big city and im afraid this human nature wont change. All i know that the legalisation of softdrugs has turned out to be quite fine for Holland. I think that's partly because we are a small country so we can keep it in control.

Neither I'm saying softdrugs are good. I don't smoke or use any kind of drugs, im no alcoholic. I just love my glass of wine for dinner and my baileys in my coffee, thats it. But i think by forbidding something, you make it more attractive for young people. If you force people into something, they will stronger try to reject this, tho if you wouldnt force them, they would not reject so strongly.