Fortunately, in this day and age, where I live, smoking has gone so much out of fashion that I can literally spend days without detecting the merest whiff of the stuff. And God knows 'm paranoid about staying away from tobacco smells - again for fear of craving again.
This is great. I never thought Iâd live to see a time and place where tobacco is virtually absent from normal society.
Yeah, absolutely, which has made it less common but far more noticable.
Quick NZ smoking History
1876 The first building in the world to have a smoke-free policy was the Old Government Building
(This policy was enacted over concerns about the threat of fire, as it was the second largest wooden building in the world.)
1963 Smoking adverts banned from TV and radio
1990 smoking illegal in cars carrying persons under 18
1997 Ban sales of tobacco products to anyone under 18-years-old (previously 16)
Ban sales of cigarettes in packs of less than 20
2004 The amendment act to 1990 when New Zealand became the third country in the world to make all indoor workplaces including bars, casinos and restaurants etc smoke-free.
Iâm not sure when Bhutan become smoke free, but I believe they are the only/first âsmoke freeâ country.
NZ aiming for 2025, so we are still a few years behind.
Lack of popularity of smoking as you mentioned will definitely help.
I am assuming that is all tobacco smoking and not Vaping thoughâŠ
There are a lot of barristas, millennials and hipsters in NZ
Itâs not the same delivery. With cigarettes, each time you light one up, you get a huge spike of nicotine in your bloodstream - and essentially you keep smoking to get that hit. With vaping, it slowly rises then stays up as long as you vape - which is part of the reasons why vapers canât seem to stop all day long. The level is the same on average, but cruclally you donât get the spikes, so your body gets used to getting more kicks without the hits.
Good grief⊠Iâm on the market for a small wearable camera that has a wider angle lens than my DJI Osmo Pocket. And sure enough, I immediately fall into the market segment for selfies for fucking youtubers (sorry⊠âcontent creatorsâ).
So Iâm forced to watch those awful channels to get an idea of what a camera is like, and itâs terrible: they all seem to copy each other - dudes and dudettes going âWHAZZUP YOUTUBE!!! ITâS ME YOUR HOST GREATHOTZZ96 - DONâT FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE!!!â with clothing and hairdos that make disco look boring, and so many pointless body movements youâd swear they have some motor problem or something. Itâs like watching a bunch of monkeys in a cage trying to outdo one another.
Not to mention, the technical reviews are quite monkey-level too. I donât even know why I bother
You could infiltrate and subvert to change the entire thing.
Get a man bun, and start making monkey gesture videos, BUT include actual useful technical information. The other influencers would see something new and try to copy it. Hopefully a self feeding cycle of useful information wrapped in WAZ-UP would ensue.
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Just dislike the videos, then everybody will know to avoid them
âYouTube today announced its decision to make the âdislikeâ count on videos private across its platformâ
Basically you can dislike a video, but you canât see if others have disliked it.
So of it is a spammy video our just shit content, you have to find out for yourself.
This is very disheartening at a glance until you consider that 24% of folks are ready and willing. I feel like entire industries are dedicated to smaller groups.