No Smoking

There is no smoking in California- no smoking in bars, no smoking in restaurants, and yet- there is tons of smoking. There is no smoking- loads of anti-smoking campaigns, loads of warnings and descriptions, and yet there is tons of smoking. Most people I know smoke, or have, or do it socially, or at least occasionally- but HERE? There really is no smoking. And here's why: the cigarette packages have pictures on them depicting what can happen to you: rotted faces with no lips, blackened lungs shriveling up, skin cancer and lung cancer and lip cancer, the packs are horror pictures! I would never want to start smoking if I saw that and upon seeing it here cannot possibly think about smoking a pack with one of those pictures on it! I see maybe 1-2 people a day smoking- on the street or in bars- not tourists, I see loads of Europeans smoking- but Thais- 1 or 2 a day. Perhaps this is what we should be lobbying for at home. I kinda want to buy a pack to show people. Creepy!!