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Smoking in the land of the rising sun

smokingbandits Posted on 2026-07-05 by Chris Sorochin2026-07-05

Let’s start with the bad news: Japan, like many other localities, is no longer the smoker-friendly place it once was.   Before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, you could smoke in lots of places, with the exception of some very crowded urban streets.  The Games inspired elements of the Japanese government to seek a cleaner image in anticipation of the hordes of visitors from tobacco=phobic countries. The governor of Tokyo Prefecture said that smoking is not permitted on streets in other cities and countries (a blatant untruth) and was believed. I hadn’t visited Japan for twenty years before going this spring, but … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Japan, osaka, smoking ban, tobacco control, tokyo | Leave a reply

Rauchen im Lande des Lächelns

smokingbandits Posted on 2026-07-05 by Chris Sorochin2026-07-05

Um mit der schlechten Nachricht anzufangen: Japan ist, wie viele andere Orte auch, längst nicht mehr so raucherfreundlich wie früher.  Vor den Olympischen Spielen 2020 in Tokio durfte man an vielen Orten rauchen, mit Ausnahme einiger sehr belebter Straßen in den Städten.  Die Spiele veranlassten Teile des japanischen Staates dazu, im Hinblick auf die Besucherhorden aus Ländern mit Tabak-Phobie, ein saubereres Image anzustreben. Die Gouverneurin der Präfektur Tokio hatte behauptet, dass in anderen Städten und Staaten Rauchen auf der Straße nicht erlaubt sei (eine offensichtliche Unwahrheit), was man ihr glaubte. Als ich diesen Frühling nach Japan reiste, war ich 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Japan, osaka, Rauchverbot, Tabakkontrolle, Tokio | Leave a reply

Outdoor smoking ban in Milan?

smokingbandits Posted on 2025-06-20 by Chris Sorochin2025-06-20

We began planning our European trip months ahead. As always, I tried to make sure our destinations were as smoker-friendly as possible. Thirteen of the sixteen German Länder provide for indoor smoking bars, as do many of the Swiss cantons. The occurrence of these Raucherkneipen unfortunately thin out considerably as one travels south of the Alps, but this is compensated for by weather that is more conducive to outdoor socializing.  We’d decided on two nights in Milan as it was halfway between Konstanz and Sanremo and also home to our friend Francesco. By January, we’d already booked the hotel and … Continue reading →

Posted in English, General, Germany, USA | Tagged italy, smoking ban, tobacco control | Leave a reply

Mailand: Rauchverbot im Freien?

smokingbandits Posted on 2025-06-20 by Chris Sorochin2025-06-20

Unseren Europa-Trip hatten wir schon Monate im Voraus zu planen begonnen. Wie immer hatte ich versucht, unsere Ziele so raucherfreundlich wie möglich auszusuchen. 13 der 16 deutschen Bundesländer sehen Raucherkneipen in Innenräumen vor, ebenso wie viele der Schweizer Kantone. Das Vorkommen dieser Raucherkneipen nimmt leider deutlich ab, je weiter man südlich der Alpen reist, aber das wird durch das Wetter kompensiert, das dem geselligen Beisammensein im Freien förderlich ist. Wir hatten uns für zwei Übernachtungen in Mailand entschieden, da es auf halbem Wege zwischen Konstanz und Sanremo liegt und zudem Heimat unserer Freundes Francesco ist. Im Januar hatten wir bereits … Continue reading →

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Smoking guns and slippery slopes

smokingbandits Posted on 2024-05-31 by Chris Sorochin2024-05-31

In my previous effort, I made comparisons between smokers and the LGBTQ+ community to make the case for us to have our own establishments in which to socialize. Now I’m going to make a comparison with what is commonly termed “the gun culture.” As almost everyone is aware, gun violence is at an all-time high in the United States.  There are mass shooting events on the average of one per day and it’s no longer news that pre-empts everything else that someone has opened fire in a school, house of worship, movie theater, shopping mall, etc., for no discernable reason. … Continue reading →

Posted in English, USA | Tagged guns, New York, smoking ban, tobacco | Leave a reply

Rauchende Colts und verbannte Raucher

smokingbandits Posted on 2024-05-31 by Chris Sorochin2024-05-31

In einem früheren Beitrag habe ich Vergleiche zwischen Rauchern und der LGBTQ+-Gemeinschaft angestellt, um dafür zu plädieren, dass wir unsere eigenen Einrichtungen haben sollten, in denen wir uns treffen können. Jetzt werde ich einen Vergleich mit dem anstellen, was in den USA gemeinhin als „Waffenkultur“ gilt. Wie fast jedem bewusst, ist die Waffengewalt in den Vereinigten Staaten so massiv wie nie zuvor. Es gibt durchschnittlich jeden Tag einen Amoklauf, und es ist keine Nachricht mehr, die alles andere in den Hintergrund stellt, wenn jemand in einer Schule, einem Gotteshaus, einem Kino, einem Einkaufszentrum usw. ohne erkennbaren Grund das Feuer eröffnet. … Continue reading →

Posted in Deutsch, USA | Tagged New York, Rauchverbot, Tabakkontrolle, Waffen | 1 Reply

Frank the Thinker

smokingbandits Posted on 2021-10-28 by Dmitry Kosyrev2021-10-27

Frank Davis, the blogger, the fighter, the polemist was, first and foremost, a thinker, a philosopher whose ideas have shaped the world. The infamous Tobacco Control (TC) industry, greedy for money and power, might have hoped to bludgeon that world into total submission, but it so happened that one man suddenly became a moral leader and the global symbol of resistance to TC, and look now – its evil empire is still far from victory. How did he do it, that man? He did it by becoming a thinker, formulating ideas in a way that galvanized us all. Let me … Continue reading →

Posted in English, United Kingdom | Tagged smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco control | Leave a reply

Frank, der Denker

smokingbandits Posted on 2021-10-28 by Dmitry Kosyrev2021-10-27

Frank Davis, der Blogger, der Kämpfer, der Polemiker, war in erster Linie ein Denker, ein Philosoph, dessen Ideen die Welt geformt haben.  Die infame Tabakkontroll(TK)-Industrie in all ihrer Gier nach Geld und Macht hätte durchaus hoffen gedurft, diese Welt in die totale Unterwerfung zu knüppeln, doch geschah es, dass sich ein Mann zu moralischer Führerschaft aufschwang und zu einem Symbol globalen Widerstands gegen die TK wurde – und siehe: Ihr Reich des Bösen ist immer noch weit vom Sieg entfernt. Wie hat er das getan, dieser Mann? Er tat es, indem er zum Denker wurde, indem er Ideen formulierte, auf … Continue reading →

Posted in Deutsch, United Kingdom | Tagged Rauchen, Rauchverbot, Tabakkontrolle | Leave a reply

Frank Davis is dead

smokingbandits Posted on 2021-10-19 by Netzwerk Rauchen2021-10-19
The Smoky Drinky Bar

The English blogger and virtual host of the Smokydrinkybar Frank Davis has unexpectedly passed away. Frank has been tirelessly filling his blog with new information, assessments and opinions since 2009, most recently a few days before his passing. The reason for Frank’s journalistic activities was the statutory smoking ban in Great Britain, which is of course embedded in tobacco control in general and linked to other elements of the health dictatorship. In his second blog post Frank aptly stated: “The smoking ban is not just about smoking. It’s about freedom and democracy and accountability. It’s about science and risk and … Continue reading →

Posted in English, General, United Kingdom, Videos | Tagged smoking ban, tobacco control | 1 Reply

“We’re gonna take it”

smokingbandits Posted on 2021-07-01 by Chris Sorochin2021-07-01

New York State just legalized possession and regulated sale of cannabis, joining at least 14 others where it’s completely legal. Most US states have at very least decriminalized marijuana; others have legalized medical marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Agency of the Federal government continues to consider it a “Schedule 1” substance, ranked with heroin as among the most dangerous. The details have yet to be worked out, but I am not optimistic.  Someone once posted “A Sentence for each State in the Union”. The sentence was supposed to encapsulate the character of the state it was about. My personal favorite was … Continue reading →

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