France, Belgium 1900
Rude, selfish, and dangerous for others within breathing distance.
Caution, here
Yikes
In France the many smokers, are clueless and selfish! Besides being about the rudest people on the planet they are also bad for your health. Walking on the streets of Paris is full of peril, you seriously risk exposing your lungs to air that is cigarette-saturated.
New evidence
Will they ever change?
France 2012
A
billionaire philosopher has endorsed a parenting technique that
allows generous time for smoking, drinking wine and having sex. Elisabeth
Badinter, a 68-year-old mother of three who is the 13th richest
French citizen according to Forbes,with a
reported net worth of $1.1billion. She has served as the chair of the
board for PublicisGroupe since 1996.
Oh Baby
I see so many parents in cafes smoking with their babies in strollers right next to them. Dads walking and smoking with young children, and adults smoking with kids in the car. This is common in France.
I see so many parents in cafes smoking with their babies in strollers right next to them. Dads walking and smoking with young children, and adults smoking with kids in the car. This is common in France.
This butt's for you
France 1976
SMOKING is deeply imbedded in the French Psyche.
In Paris at least 1 out of 3 people will be smoking as they pass you by on the street.
The French work ethic
If you walk by a school (middle school -university) or a government
office building there will be herds of them smoking together.
In Spain in the airports they put them in a BOX
This is a great idea then they can mutually annihilate each other.
In the UK the guardian reported
Class divide in health widens, says thinktank
Not so in France The fashion press still styles shots like this.
Here they start very young and keep on smoking!
They have kids, and keep on smoking.
Outmoded
It takes that unique Gallic cluelessness to blow toxic waste in the face of strangers or a baby with total abandon and in utter oblivion.
King's
Fund thinktank finds those with no qualifications are five times more
likely to smoke, drink, and neglect diet and exercise here
Here they start very young and keep on smoking!
They have kids, and keep on smoking.
Sadly I have seen more than a few people with tubes up their noses dragging their oxygen tanks with them in my neighborhood.
As the population is aging the burden on the State must be unbearable.
As the population is aging the burden on the State must be unbearable.
Please, France 2012
Maybe the stylist thinks it's uber-cool because it's
pas tres "politically correct"... so French.
Maybe the stylist thinks it's uber-cool because it's
pas tres "politically correct"... so French.
This image is supposedly celebrating the French Jeweler DINH VAN
Photo circa 1937
The esthetics have not evolved.
