Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 09, 2019

Because they don’t have scientific reports and studies in these countries?

You can literally smoke anywhere in China.

As for Panel Four, search Youtube: More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette

Hey Butts, the Republican members of Congress could use your skills in denying the truth.

I recall a vacation in Japan…..heavy chain smoking was a way of life. In Hong Kong I turned on the hotel TV and was surprised at seeing cigarette ads

Ah, yes. The 1990s, when American tobacco companies discovered huge, untapped markets in Asia and Africa.

I hope the Flying Spaghetti Monster has a special place in the pot of boiling water for tobacco company executives and investors.

He’s not lying. Smoking doesn’t harm Mr. Butts…

Now the guy that asked the question is another matter.

I’ve heard and experienced that smoking has diminished a lot in EU countries. The reason, according to what I read, is that the EU is forcing member countries to be more conscious of health care costs, and therefore disallowing smoking in many more public places than formally. I don’t know if this is actually true, but in my travels in the past few years it seems to be. And while visiting some eastern European non-EU countries recently it was pretty obvious that they have not yet been affected by the same restrictions.

At least they’ve stopped forcing people to smoke that first carton at Gunpoint.

Years ago a neighbor retired from Philip Morris. Part of his retirement pkg was s free carton of cigarettes every month for life. Good way to shorten his pension draw.