alt Hacker NewsThey've mostly switched to vapes now. It's still annoying, but at least it doesn't leave trash all over the streets.
Seeing the sidewalks / parks outside of the main train station in Prague covered in cigarette butts as an American tourist in 2019 was certainly something.
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1-more • today at 5:17 PM
I smoked less in Prague than in the US. I was addicted to nicotine, sure, but I was also addicted to taking a little vacation outside whatever venue, and in Prague (in 2008) you could smoke just about anywhere.
cubefox • today at 7:52 PM
> They've mostly switched to vapes now. It's still annoying, but at least it doesn't leave trash all over the streets.
Vape fumes also smell far less bad and are almost not toxic to bystanders.
> but at least it doesn't leave trash all over the streets
Last time I was in London I saw enough disposable vapes on the sidewalk to build a home-sized backup battery...