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by consteval 605 days ago
Typically, because less food is available in day-to-day life.

If I sold cigs on every street corner in a "skinny" country like Japan, how confident are you that I wouldn't create a smoking culture?

This is not a matter of motivation or discipline. Such thinking is short-sighted.

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> If I sold cigs on every street corner in a "skinny" country like Japan, how confident are you that I wouldn't create a smoking culture?

Considering Japan has long been one of the highest per capita consumers of tobacco, apparently it's quite likely ;)