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Smoking in the ROK

 
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ed4444



Joined: 12 Oct 2004
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:39 am    Post subject: Smoking in the ROK Reply with quote
"According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, of 1,059 men and women polled by the private survey agency Gallup Korea, 52.3 percent of male and 2.4 percent of female answered that they were smokers"

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/07/06/200507060008.asp

Nice to see gender inequality is still alive in the ROK.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm sure that studies also showed that about 7.6% of Korean women lie about the most mundane things.

Interesting how in Canada I read that women now make up the majority of young smokers.
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dulouz



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The cigarette stores here are so cool. At many cigarette stores,
I can often get my dry cleaning done, review real estate or buy hardware as well as get Time menthols that come with the Korean language lesson cleverlty included in the pack lid. American tobacco companies could really learn from the Korean business model.
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hari seldon



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Compare these figures to the U.S. where less than 22% of adults smoke.
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Links



Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Location: It's censorship and it's downright blasphemous
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been here for a few months now and have seen lots of guys smoking but never seen a woman with a cig.
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Picture Perfect



Joined: 29 Jun 2005
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:17 am    Post subject: remember kids smoking is bad Reply with quote



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Picture Perfect



Joined: 29 Jun 2005
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:17 am    Post subject: unless its............. Reply with quote
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Links wrote:
I've been here for a few months now and have seen lots of guys smoking but never seen a woman with a cig.


Never been to a bar or a PC-bang at night?
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Hwajangsil Ajumma



Joined: 02 May 2005
Location: On my knees in the stall
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Links wrote:
I've been here for a few months now and have seen lots of guys smoking but never seen a woman with a cig.


Well you have now. This is me waiting outside Geckos for a male "friend":

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hari seldon



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Links wrote:
I've been here for a few months now and have seen lots of guys smoking but never seen a woman with a cig.

Women who smoke in public are prostitutes. Didn't you know that? Rolling Eyes
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I saw a woman smoking the other day so I went up and punched her in the face, grabbed her pack of cigs, and some ajossi gave me 10,000 won for my effort. A few others "gave me snaps". Then we all lit up with her cigs and squatted.
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endofthewor1d



Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
dulouz wrote:
The cigarette stores here are so cool. At many cigarette stores,
I can often get my dry cleaning done, review real estate or buy hardware as well as get Time menthols that come with the Korean language lesson cleverlty included in the pack lid. American tobacco companies could really learn from the Korean business model.


yeah, i used to smoke time lights for the very same reason. i collected all of the korean phrases i got.

some of them are great: now is the time!

others are dumb: he's hitting the books a lot.

but it's been half a year since i got a phrase i haven't seen before. i finally gave up and switched to 'seasons' because they're a little lighter than 'time lights'.
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