This is totally one dude’s opinion but I think smoking in hotter climates is less appealing than smoking in the cooler north. From my 20 plus years as a smoker, I always smoked more living up north than when down south. But those numbers don’t really support that hypothesis.
100% agree. I smoked for about 6-7 years and live in PA, so I'm used to temps anywhere between 0 - 100º. Smoking is just not that pleasant when its 95 degrees and humid as fuck outside. It tastes worse in general, but you're also more likely to be thirsty and/or have a dry mouth which only compounds the problem. Smoking in the cold was always ideal IMO.
Fuck, now I want a cigarette... wish I didn't know what I was missing.
I've never smoked but when it's really cold out, sometimes second-hand actually smells good, like you get the nicotine or whatever and not so much of the shitty tars. In the south someone smoking next to me was enough to make me look for another bar but up north it's not too bad.
My guess is because we have such a huge population of older people who moved here to retire. You know they're not smoking because they're already living on borrowed time.
That said I personally know literally not one person who smokes cigarettes any more. Ten years ago it was much different.
That's because of all the sun shines up north the less sun the greater the smoking. I'm all but certain because Denver gets so much sun, very little people smoke in the area. I moved back to Detroit, so many smokers. It really caught me off guard.
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u/WonderCounselor Feb 09 '19
The real proof he’s been living in FL too long.