[ILUG] Smoking at AGM

[Petko Alov]

Hi there,

I don't intend to enter this OT discussion, but at this point it 
became intriguing to me. As 

>> adam beecher wrote:
> > 
> > People don't attack drinking in the same way, even though alcohol is a far
> > worse drug than nicotine. Smokers don't abuse people verbally, or talk rubbish
> > (because of the drink), or beat up their wives and families.
> > 

I mentioned the same when visited Ireland (Dublin, UCD) 
in '95. I hadn't much non-academic contacts, but in the 
academic environment the phenomenon was obvious. This 
was suprising also to some other people from abroad, e.g. 
from Italy... Probably, some kind of south/north diversity 
of perception? 8)




Regards,

Petko

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