How Smoking Is Killing the Balkans

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

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[@NKY151]

Somebody tell wowmao to stop

[@Paul20661]

8:24 miss =3

[@AndreiMesarosiu]

8:26 it remindes me of RayWilliamJohnsson 😂

[@DanasSutra-t8v]

Drina ide u meko pakovanje da znadeš

[@sese4945]

why did you change the brand in the thumbnail

[@Petar.324]

"It's killing me but it's also keeping me alive" ~my balkan dad

[@lil_693]

Hard

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

I wish we could go back to the 40s when cancer wasnt real

[@L.internet8]

​@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave"didn't exist" because people were killed in war at an age so low they couldn't develop disease

[@spoopytime9928]

I hope your family can afford to bribe the local big hospital's doctor or go for some medical tourism™ Because that is the Balkan way: Wreck yourself with smoking and rakija/palinka/tuica and then go to another country to patch yourself up or bribe the doctor to get actual healthcare

[@JanosBanics]

More like every Balkan past 10

[@alleks1989]

Half of Serbia works for tobaco and gasoline, the other half for coffee and gambling. That's like 97% of GDP

[@georgerogers1166]

And Brandy

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

If only the government could change that, till "Half of the modern-day Serbs go to work for cigarettes and petrol," that would be a true bonus for Serbia. 🤔

[@jm036]

8% of the national budget comes from the tax on tobacco. I am not kidding.

[@alleks1989]

@@jm036 That's just a bit less then the nail technicians!

[@C0lon0]

​@jm036 such a small quantity, here in Brazil the tax revenue over tobacco is around the GDP of Serbia.

[@maximk9964]

Ironically, the only place I've seen in Belgrade where smoking WASN'T allowed were Starbuck's

[@Crocodebil]

the goddamn western spies!

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Good to know, wanna visit Serbia but have asthma 🤣

[@Petar.324]

Fr

[@mnemonija]

​@@lowwastehighmelaningeneral air pollution may be a bigger problem than smoking for you. Every time I visit the first day I feel I can't breathe because of smog. Maybe last time I did not notice? People drove a lot of clunkers, but maybe the living standards improved and they upgraded their cars with the new batch of EU used cars that had better emissions standards...

[@muxecoid]

Yes. During my trip to Serbia smoking absolutely everywhere felt like the worst part Serbia.

[@cevaps2192]

so this man tackled 2/3 of unholy trinty of our beautiful region 1- Gambleing houses 2- Now Tebacco to complete this just go straight to alchohol and or drugs and you got your full set

[@caliqm2199]

He's done a video on rakija

[@maximk9964]

He did video on alcohol

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

We demand a video on Albanian cannabis

[@DimiDzi]

don't you dare involve alcohol into that mess, it has done nothing wrong

[@DiamondKingStudios]

All 3/3 if you include his rakija video

[@LionGaming-pk9yt]

u dont smoke cause u want to be healthy i dont smoke cause i haw no money we r not the same

[@humorpalanta]

"Quitting smoking can lenghten your life with a lot" Balkans: "Do you really think I want to live longer in this shit?"

[@AndreiMesarosiu]

​@@humorpalantafunny af 😂 & i do live here

[@lampyrisnoctiluca9904]

And the only reason I don't smoke is because my main bully has been encouraging my other bullies to bully me by giving the cigarettes away. Her uncle, while collecting unemployment, smuggled cheap Bosnian cigarettes here to Croatia for a profit. When my bully came as a new student to our school she was 9 and already smoking. Her mom knew she was smoking that young. It was allowed in her family. We went to different highschools and she dropped out because she was too busy doing drugs with her friends to go to school and got pregnant with another addict. The kid was showing some health problems associated with mom doing drugs while pregnant so she was taken away from the bully girl and adopted. The bully girl was in the newspaper 2 years later. They portrayed her as a very dumb criminal. She is probably out of prison by now. So, here is the reason why I don't smoke. We are not the same.

[@LionGaming-pk9yt]

@lampyrisnoctiluca9904 i mean in BiH the cigaretts r cheaper then in Croatia, but what a storry.

[@pseudonym3690]

You left out why you'd wanna pick up smoking in the first place. Because "all the cool kids are doing it"?

[@jeffslote9671]

It’s crazy how smoking is seen in the Balkans vs USA. Serbia reminds me of America 40 years ago. Smoking was so mainstream that McDonald’s had branded ashtrays

[@yankochoynev652]

if you come to the balkans you will realise everything is like it was 40 years ago in the developed world

[@Junichsen]

except for marijuana which is pretty glorified in North America

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

@@Junichsen Tfw you no longer smoke but are surrounded by smokers and still toke but are in a place where you can't toke without excessive risk. As an American everything is all upside down here lol, but I gotta say there's a weird nostalgia in seeing people smoke inside like the good ol' days

[@zverkan4004]

@@Junichsen oh trust me marijuana, especially in Serbia is big, wherever you go, atleast in Belgrade, you can buy, a lot of people smoke it, a lot of songs are about drugs aswell

[@selectaselections]

​@@zverkan4004jedna buksna, pola druge buksne 😂👌

[@bongoh8923]

My friend's mom when i asked her why shes smoking "I gotta die of something"

[@filiphodak6792]

classic 😂

[@Liberatingamericans]

Retirement plan for us poors.

[@Clownish.mp4]

when i ask my mom she says "because i was a moron and thought it looked 'cool' and now i cant stop"

[@ijgamingxd4831]

And the classic: "You could get hit by a truck tomorrow "

[@marig9236]

yo

[@nikolauric3880]

In 20 years mongolian throat singing will become the default voice of the average balkaner

[@Hahndrei]

[insert Bulgarian and/or Hungarian joke here]

[@justapanzercrewmanwithwifi1070]

@@Hahndrei Just say bulgarian/hungarian no need to add "joke" since both are a joke already

[@Lyzy04]

@@justapanzercrewmanwithwifi1070 Hungarian here Agreed

[@asillygoofygoober]

Chuckling(mongolian rapping)

[@Narko_Marko]

It took me a month to learn how to do it, my dad does it by default.

[@yankochoynev652]

Fun fact - one of the most read Bulgarian novels is called "Tobacco", there is even a movie made after it. So not only do we grow, process and consume tobacco, we also read it.

[@howdoyousnuffit]

lol

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

Bonus points if you print it on tobacco leaves

[@Alexandar358]

We had to do a book report on that book... I just watched the movie and did a report on that...

[@mayapeshova5]

@@Alexandar358dude, if u ever get the chance, read it, I know it’s long asf but once you get into it, it’s a masterpiece, dimov is an amazing writer,,, if tiutiun is too long, osudeni dushi is also rly good

[@andrei00000]

I'm from Romania so in many ways similar to Bulgaria, when I was in Sofia what really shocked me, EVERYBODY was smoking, babies, aliens, old people, young people, everybody. There are also a lot of Romanians smoking but damn do Bulgarians love their ciggs.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

To be honest, growing up in the Midwest USA as a Millennial, smoking was pretty much stigmatized in the early 2000s to the point that most middle class kids felt it was dirty and made you look poor. We almost eliminated smoking in our culture. Then came along vaping . . .

[@ericfelegie6371]

Vaping doesn't stink. It's cheaper than cigarettes. Healthy? Roughly as healthy to use as meth, I'd guess

[@callumgriss5422]

Atleast smoking doesn't make me look gay lol

[@GleepGalkerRecords]

​@@ericfelegie6371 vapes are not cheaper than cigarettes dawg. A vape is roughly $15 and a pack of smokes is at most $10

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

vaping isn't nearly as bad as meth and is certainly much better than n smoking, though it probably still is bad for uour health

[@wurzel9671]

​@@ericfelegie6371vaping does stink

[@cyrustrent6975]

If it wasn’t for cigarettes and alcohol, I’m pretty sure average life expectancy in the Eastern Europe would be around 100 years

[@awk666]

My dad's grandfather smoked and drinked until the day he died at 102 years old.

[@karlovanjak2576]

Naaah...my grandfather smoked 4 packs at day. He is 95 now. There is also something what we call Rakija and it helps with pretty much every pain/disease.

[@elvenkind6072]

My grandfather is 100 years now and he smoked like a chimney, but had to stop after a while though, because he was living at the seaside of a fjord, and had to walk up an endless hill to get to work. I used to smoke as well for 20-30 years, but had to stop because of the same issue. Now my breath is better then ever.

[@cattysplat]

The love of Mayonnaise in everything changes that in a heartbeat.

[@eyeamKurisu]

they would kill themselves before that without coffee and alcohol

[@andronicu]

Average Romanian school has more smokers than whole of usa

[@UltraPickleMan]

My school used to have 500 students and at least 100 of them were smokers I knew some who smoked in 3rd grade

[@16andbraindead]

half of my classmates smoke including me

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Average Romanian primary school*

[@ChickenMcPussy]

I agree. When i was in highschool, out of a class of 28 kids, only 5 or 6 WERENT smoking. I started in 9th grade, some of them started in 4th or 5th. One of my cousins is 23 and has been smoking for 14 years lmao

[@UltraPickleMan]

@@16andbraindead not something you should be proud of

[@indexpictures]

i got to zagreb bus station at 3am and went to the cafe to charge my phone, was completely full and every single person was smoking. thick layer of smoke in the air. so funny for someone who lives in a country that bans indoor smoking. back to the 1980s feeling!

[@LarsOfTheMohicans]

Modern world got you down? Visit the Balkans, Europe's own time capsule!

[@Pjero24]

In croatia indoor smoking is banned only in establishments that serve food, so that thick layer of smoke is practically in every cafe

[@brummbar7251]

When I went to Athens I was very surprised to see they have dedicated indoor smoking lounges within the airport!

[@HurleyWeezer]

I was shocked when I went to Montenegro and people were smoking in the mall

[@indexpictures]

@@HurleyWeezer amazing country. bay of kotor is the most unique geography i've seen in europe

[@chazlewis8114]

I was a light smoker in Australia (paying $30 per pack). Then I moved to Macedonia where its cheaper to smoke than to eat.

[@damyr]

That's good. I'd rather quit eating than smoking.

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

You moved to FYROM then,as Macedonia is in Greece👍

[@damyr]

@@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic It's not FYROM anymore. It's Northern Macedonia.

[@chazlewis8114]

@@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic How do you know I didn't move to the Greek province of Macedonia based on my comment? Oh I know, its because one is a country and the other is not.

[@kal17-qk2wx]

@@damyrjust eat the cigarettes. Tobaccos is also a plant so basically a vegetable and healthy

[@freedomgoddess]

given that southern and eastern europe smoke a tonne, it really should be no surprise to anyone to know that the intersection of those two places is smoking twice as much.

[@EEX97623]

Smoking is declining rapidly here, fallen off massively since 2000s and now at 29%. Latvia seems to love it at 37%. Greetings from Estonia.

[@marularch]

Funny how Serbs still use the phrase "smoking like a Turk" while they are smoking much more than Turkish people.

[@ekin4691]

r u sure about that? im turkish, studying medicine and students, assistants nearly %50 of them smoke. it's higher in the other departments

[@pierren___]

Hookah ref

[@daneboro6847]

Puši ko turćina 😂

[@fast9881]

It's used in italy too

[@unamisthekgb]

My entire school (consisting of 300-400 students) all smoke so much that the entire school yard smells of cigarettes (to the point theres a zone where you cant smoke)

[@lefunnyN1]

back when i was in highschool most kids would smoke in school restrooms, especially the male ones, when the free period would end and all the guys would get out of there and leave the doors open it looked liked somebody threw a smoke grenade in there

[@blarfroer8066]

In many other countries, there are just small areas where you are allowed to smoke. So basically the opposite of your school

[@antunsekulic3953]

The cancer part got me realy scared time to smoke so i chill for a bit

[@sifama321]

real

[@mate6522]

My great grandfather (and probably his father too) was a Tobacco smuggler in former Yugoslavia, My grandad also did it before becoming a regular guest worker in Germany (then it became a international side hustle)... Then just a few months ago my father started his own Cuban Cigar importing scheme through China... I think my family line is cursed to smuggle smokes for all eternity.

[@muramasa870]

Your family was based. Renew your family traditions NOW!

[@SeaBlue1976]

OMG,so funny that China produces fake cigars 😂😂😂, Greetings from Greece

[@mate6522]

@@SeaBlue1976 They aren't fake, the cigars themselves just go through China. What is produced in China is mostly stuff that due to sanctions Cubans aren't able to make themselves and that is accessory stuff mostly I think (Cigar Boxes? Labels and ect).

[@tadijaroglic]

Pros and cons of smoking: Pros: 1. You look fcking cool 2. It feels amazing 3. Every day you're getting closer to becoming Walter White (true sigma) Cons: 1. Sometimes you cough red (no gain without pain) 2. It's a bit of an expensive hobby

[@WebWolf89]

You don't look cool, you stink.

[@MarkoKostelac]

3. You smell like crap to any non-smoker like me.

[@80sidd]

Amazing..not true it’s yuk

[@StarboyXL9]

"You look cool" You look like a ghoul imo. It's much cooler to be healthy enough to actually look cool. The entire "you look cool smoking" schtick was a grift by big tobacco that was heavily linked to feminism and was wildly successful. When you grow up you realize most of what you believe is marketing sold to you by corporations to make you buy stuff you don't need and that isn't good for you.

[@grahamturner2640]

@@StarboyXL9 and even if someone has the money for full-sized cigars, the cool factor is questionable at best.

[@Davian_Thule]

Smoke and Beer is what keeping the balkans at peace with the rest of the world

[@rareskqx]

8:25 transition teleported me in 2010. Nice touch!

[@stellak.6095]

As a Greek from a small rural town in bimbo feck nowhere in central Macedonia, Greece, I remember that in the '90s half my town cultivated tobacco (including my grandfather), and the other half cultivated white asparagus. I'm also proud to admit that I never tried a cigarette in my life (I'm 33, closer to 34 atm). I saw it as my little revolution mainly during my teenage years, when literally everyone I knew smoked at the time, or had smoked in their youth (that's mainly for some grandmas in the neighborhood)

[@СлаваССС-м4с]

Κεντρική Μακεδονία φορεβερ😂!

[@albertcatana4571]

100€ you're from Kilkis lol

[@СлаваССС-м4с]

@@albertcatana4571 Λάρισα. 😊 κι Βελιγράδι. 50/50.

[@stellak.6095]

@@albertcatana4571 Very close, Pella. Gimme my 100€ babyyy 😎

[@stellak.6095]

@@albertcatana4571 Very close, Giannitsa😉

[@navisolim]

smoked for 17 years. 22.11.2022 stoped and now you upload this haha

[@kajw.230]

congrats on the two years!

[@FetusK1cker]

Congrats dude. Just stopped or switched to vaping? Switched to vaping 2 years ago and have been halving the nicotine every 2 months now

[@kawamura6706]

keep strong, sure it wasn't easy) my dad smoked for 10 years or more I think, after stopped he said for next 5 years from time to time was having dreams in which he was smoking

[@DiizzyLizzy]

From Romania, my mother smokes even though she has asthma, and she used to smoke in the same room as me, even though, I also had asthma

[@grdja83]

Maksimalna podrška, da nikad više ne poželiš da zapališ.

[@todo9633]

Congratulations on successfully quitting! Personally I've never been a smoker, but my parents were both smokers when they moved to Canada from Yugoslavia, and have since quit, so I know how tough it can be. Careful about relapsing with e-cigs and vapes, those got my dad back into smoking for a good year or two decades after he initially quit, and he regrets it a lot, since he had to go through the whole process of quitting again.

[@swordofseals33]

Every single Kosovar I've ever met all smoke the same cigarettes: Marlboro Gold 100's.

[@juannaym8488]

Christian balkaners smoke red, Muslims smoke gold. But it's always Marlboro

[@maskinisten019]

Nothing called "Kosovar" its either Albanian, Serb or something else....

[@maskinisten019]

@@juannaym8488 What 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@swordofseals33]

​@maskinisten019 they had Kosovo passports. Not really polite to ask folks their ethnic group when they come into your shop to buy smokes.

[@Grodzan]

​@@maskinisten019 He aint lying

[@bluegender2005]

Growing up in Romania I remember having in school drug prevention classes, where a police officer would tell us about the dangers of using drugs and how it will mess up our lives. But he spent not a single word on tobacco or alcohol.

[@mariodobric1322]

brate, odličan si! pozdrav od susjeda iz Zagreba :)

[@veselgana]

Cigarette manufacturers' biggest success is convincing smokers that it's hard to quit. I quit smoking in one go and have never looked at a cigarette again (and I used to smoke more than a pack a day).

[@JustGrowingUp84]

It * is * hard to quit - when you don't actually want to. And, in my experience, most smokers don't actually want to quit.

[@Zoli.V]

It's hard to quit the community.

[@blarfroer8066]

Even though the health detriments of smoking are very well-known today, a lot of smokers just don't want to quit and say stuff like "but it calms me down". I quit more than 7 years ago. The first 3 days came with some withdrawal symptoms, the rest of it was just getting over the habit. One of the things that annoy me the most is seeing people who have managed to quit start smoking again. 2 of my friends quit smoking for their pregnancy, stayed off of cigarettes for more than 1,5 years total and just started again once they were done breastfeeding. Just, why. The argument "I like smoking" is kinda like "I like hitting myself in the face with a hammer"

[@user-sb5vt8iy5q]

@@JustGrowingUp84 I mean everything is hard to quit if you don't want to quit. I used to smoke 1 pack per day in HS, then someone told me, hey don't you think you're addicted? So I gave myself a challenge to stop smoking for as long as it took for me to prove I wasn't addicted, first time I did that I lasted 3 months with no ciggarette, second time month and a half, so now I just settled at smoking 1 or 2 sticks per day, will probably quit very soon.

[@karakondzula1388]

I swear the less money a man has the more he smokes. I know guys who earn 350 euro a month yet they always have to have cigars over everything else. They even say if you smoke you dont have to eat much. In Serbia feeling is that 50% of population smokes, even women, they are worst smokers and they stink like crazy because smell of smoke together with parfumes is just terrible.

[@MyNickWasTaken137]

There are two sad truths to your first two sentences. 1) Smoking is in fact very addictive, so you'd rather spend your last dime on smokes than on bread. 2) Nicotine has a short term filling effect, so if you actually have nothing to eat, smoking will get you through the night.

[@dimagoloborodko6106_va]

i lived in romania for a while and my parents landlord didnt smell like a person, and smelled like cigaretes, also all taxis smelled like cigaretes

[@mimisor66]

Smoking is now forbidden inside public institutions and restaurants. It is allowed only in the outside. But many now vape...

[@senrogas387]

@@mimisor66”forbidden”

[@AndreiMesarosiu]

When was that, cuz smoking indoors or taxi/bus is illegal since like atleast 10 yrs ago

[@senrogas387]

@ plenty of restaurants, clubs allow it illegally and sometimes public buildings too

[@mimisor66]

@senrogas387 I wouldn't set foot in there, so you have a choice. Please give me an example of a public building where they allow smoking. At least in the public access areas. Smoking in offices is prohibited, but it may still happen though.

[@reivonchoccoli2796]

Unironically, my polish grandmother, who has smoked her entire life, thinks that stopping now would ruin her lungs.

[@piotrsajuk6435]

Not the lungs, but it would be a shock for her organism. Body would try to release the toxins it stored for all these years and it would feel incredibly terrible. If you get to live to your retirement as a smoker - enjoy the cigarette, you earned it (by somehow surviving)

[@turkishmappingtheturkishguy]

"kahvehane" literally means coffee house in Turkish. As well as every other word that ended in (h)ane: Hastane = Sick House (Hospital), Yemekhane = Food house (Diner), Kütüphane = Book House (Library), etc...

[@Usernanm]

Turkey best country

[@dambau14]

thought it was alcohol

[@legittrololo2163]

Close enough

[@ivanjuric6979]

That too

[@titosyettos2689]

Enhances

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

true

[@Glassandcandy]

That’s every where except for some really strict Muslim countries honestly

[@rodrigo.gibson]

As an Australian who lives part time in Greece and Hungary, I can attest to the the facts presented in this video. My wife's (who's Hungarian) parents both died of cancer and brain tumour respectively, mainly attributed to lifestyle and environmental conditions. One observation I'd like to make is that still many people in the region burn wood in the winter and I can smell the smoke in the air as cold air stays low and the particles make their way into people's lungs even if they aren't smokers.

[@JohnDoe-oo5cr]

I just woke up, made coffee, lit up a cigarette and clicked on this video, 12/10 would do again

[@TitaniusAnglesmith]

Living in Sweden, I used to think Finland smoked alot. Then I went to Romania and holy shit, the guy I was with smoked 2 packs a day, and his friends were around the same

[@fracturedmirror4300]

bruh i decided to quit this morning and this video popped up on my recommended. Nice

[@bobthedestroyer6205]

How long did you last?

[@Mr.Gospodin2]

This is true. In elementary there was a bakery/convinience store near the school and before school all the kids would leave their cigs, vapes, e-cigs and etc. there. During lunch they would all go to the store, retrieve the goods and smoke behind the store.

[@mrlake-lw4dz]

Elemetary school kids???

[@nukeacitrus]

Swede here. I've never smoked myself, but my mom smoked all throughout my adolescent life. Most of my memories from her consists of her holding a cigarette. To this very day, 30+ years later, catching the scent of a cigarette feels strangely nostalgic for me, familiar even. Also, as some extra trivia, Swedes are more interested in "Snus", which is a form of tobacco that you put under your upper lip, and keep it there to get the nicotine hit. While less dangerous than smoking (Since there's no burning or inhalation involved), it can still cause issues in your mouth, like messing up your teeth, or even create pockets under your lip that just gets deeper and deeper, the more the snus attacks your body. Some people have several inches deep pockets like this. Top tip: Don't google images of those pockets, that shit is nasty!

[@tariklyacoubi8197]

I live in Italy and during highschool they were popular here in my region, I had a polish classmate that would order them because they were not allowed to be sold here. But here they were just used as a way to replica the cigarettes during school hours. I just used them shortly for sometimes and they were indeed ruining my gums even if used them rarely. Thankfully I stopped smoking and using snuss or makla before it could damage me seriously.

[@josephshmoesinsky8610]

I stopped smoking because I was going broke. Now I have enough money to play Poker, Slots and other variations of card games for money.

[@krispy_kornflake]

The British slang cigarette got me so confused at first when I moved out to the UK

[@Glassandcandy]

“Oi, can I bum a fag?” “I dunno, can you 😉”

[@QuickStrikes84]

"fancy a phaag maaaate?" 🍆

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

I meant a pile of sticks has become an insult for queers so...

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

I couldn't understand why my British friends laughed every time I said "fanny pack"

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

​@Glassandcandy A conversation between an Australian and an American, "that girls got a spunky fanny" That lady has a healthy Glutus maximus. Translated in the original version of English. " That woman has semen on her derriere ".

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

I'm from N.Macedonia, and I'm a smoker for three years (started smoking a bit before I became 22 years old). For the majority of the time I vaped, but I returned to cigarettes around the beginning of this year. I know it's a dirty habit, but it also makes me feel calmer and relaxed because I also have anxiety. My mother has been smoking since 7th grade primary school, and my father managed to quit in 2007.

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

Traveling around Macedonia right now and its quite the culture shock seeing everyone smoke indoors like people did when I was growing up in the US. Makes me glad I quit a long time ago because if I showed up as a smoker I'd be in paradise and probably would've been locked into smoking forever. There is a nostalgia there though, I weirdly miss people being able to smoke indoors, even if I don't smoke anymore

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

@@theeccentrictripper3863 In my home, I smoke outside on the balcony. But in cafes, restaurants and other indoor places I smoke inside if it's acceptable (which usually is). If you came here about 10 years ago (around the early to mid 2010s), you would've seen a lot of places that have banned indoor smoking, but that was lifted some time ago. I'm glad that you quit, and I'll think about doing it too, but it's hard, especially when I live in such a place that is depressing and stressful.

[@KateeAngel]

My mom has been smoking since she was 19, now she is 72 and still smokes. She didn't smoke when pregnant, and breasfeeding but then returned right back to it. Even after she had a heart attack years ago she couldn't quit smoking, just reduced the amount she smoked. I am from Russia.

[@joshwon4291]

@@Dac_DT_MKD Get on the nicotine gum brother. I did cold turkey and quit for about two years, but gum is much easier and you won't have the terrible sleepless nights you get when you first cold turkey.

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

​​@@theeccentrictripper3863NORTH Macedonia or SKOPIJE FYROM👍 Macedonia has been in Greece at least 4000 year before some albanias of Bulgarian origin😊

[@minimarioman]

Well done for giving up. Me and my friend visited Sarajevo in January and we could tell that there was a big smoking problem. Our coats stunk of cigarette after spending 10 mins in a bar and was a bit difficult for him as a recovering smoker. It can be a bit difficult abstaining from something so prevalent, but keep at it.

[@spoopytime9928]

Big respect to those who quit smoking, especially without a massive motive too, like getting actually sick from it. My dad only quit smoking because he ended up on the dentist's operation table due to extreme agony. The guy who hired me quit smoking because he straight up got diagnosed with cancer.

[@joshwon4291]

I quit drinking, coffee and smoking once I turned 30. The first two were pretty easy. Smoking is the one vice that I still miss terribly, and I'll still have a few every now and then when I go out and see friends.

[@rhsmn2334]

clicking on this video while in severe nicotine withdrawal after freshly quitting smoking was not my brightest idea, man all these ciggie clips gave me the most profound cravings of my life xd

[@veronikastupar8498]

Stay strong 😂

[@Kriliska]

It was same in Poland till about 2010-2015, not sure if they finally got wiser or not... Glad I never gave in to peer pressure.

[@koriolakorni5041]

Many young people still go on a smoking break, or vape in cloak or changing rooms. And toilets, if it's not too obvious for teachers.

[@piotrsajuk6435]

Now the kids vape in school bathrooms at the recess. In high school us seniors on our 4th year had to patrol the bathrooms to kick the freshmen out, because the teachers would be pissed and also because you could not take a piss because of them. Us seniors simply smoked at the nearby parking outside - because what are they going to do? Punish legally adult guys for smoking outside the school grounds?

[@koriolakorni5041]

@@piotrsajuk6435 Yes, by not allowing to go outside of school grounds during your time in school incuding breaks 😆

[@bluerazor7049]

Some of my friends at university smoke. Thankfully, they don't peer pressure anyone but it's still annoying.

[@spoopytime9928]

Reminds me of my dad who started smoking starting from the age of 16(1970s Korea, every man smoked too), and vehemently refused to quit smoking despite my mom begging him to quit. He only quit after he ended up on the dentist's operation table because all the smoking wrecked his mouth, and the inflammation got to his dental nerves. I remember him being curled up on the floor, with agony.

[@RSSI1000]

my grandparents use to grow tabacco in yugoslavia and sold it to the state. Many Albanian minorities used to do this for living back then.

[@maxpower2838]

I was a teenage smoker, I was in PE class when I realized I had to quite, I ran one lap around my high school track, and nearly passed out. I wanted to make the Baseball team as well that year so I really did need to stop

[@elvenkind6072]

8:50 I think the chart for Scandinavia is a bit misleading. Smoking have become more and more unusual here and virtually no youth smokes anymore. However, snus is quite popular still. It's fermented tobacco that you put under the lip and gives more nicotine then cigarettes, but none of the bad health effects. I can thank snus for managing to quit smoking myself, but now I'm more addicted to snus then I ever was for smoking.

[@clonchiclonx2181]

A friend of mine's dad, brought home some tabaco plants and he planted them in the yard, me and my friend were 14 and 16 an the time and we used to gather the leaves and dry them up. after that we would buy cigarette filters from the village's bar/store and stuff the filters with hand broken and mushed up tabaco. Strongest cigs I have ever smoked. I can feel the burn on them even now, almost 10 years later. Best Childhood ever.

[@realkilju]

When I visited croatia I was shocked by how many people smoked cigarettes there. Literally everywhere you went people were smoking, Even at the beach

[@overminding]

I have allergic asthma and is sensitive to not only cigarette smoke, but to cigars and weed. I am fortunately to live in a country (USA) that has very effective anti-smoking campaign for the last few decade. The Balkan states look beautiful and I would love to visit there however, the smoking prevalence have discouraged me and I hope they can find a way to curb smoking habits there

[@univon4892]

Aw, that sucks... Edit: Can you not ask them not to smoke around you?

[@mtkz4698]

I quit smoking over a decade ago. What worked for me was using both nicotine patches and nicotine gum. The patch keeps your blood nicotine levels up and stable, so that even if you do have a cigarette, it isn't pleasant. Then, use nicotine gum to have the element of control and to periodically spike your nicotine levels if you need it for work, focusing, as a reward, etc.

[@nenad_marinkovic]

Ex smoker from Serbia here, one of the biggest decisions I ever made in my life was qutting. Its actually not quitting at all, its gaining freedom from addiction, freedom from ciggarete producing companies (Philip Morris and British American Tobacco) and freedom you gain from having more money. As easy as that.

[@bigpappasmoggie]

Growing up outside of the balkans, my balkan parents were heavy smokers and that shit pissed me off to no end. I hated the smell so much i would do anything to get away from it. They have since quit tobacco a good 2 decades ago (despite moving to vapes instead) and i have never smoked once in my 30 years of being alive.

[@mechanicalflattery]

This reminded me of when I was around 17-18 back in 2010s and here, in Poland, a lot of people my age already smoked. Goverment started to be more and more strict on tobacco laws, especially in terms of taxes on them, so peers from the local choir, who regulary performed some religious songs in Medjugorje and some other sacred place in Macedonia used to buy A LOT of cigarretes there and bring them back to Poland to sell them to us at slightly higher price, but still cheaper than in stores. Slavic friendship and entrepreneurship in its finest form

[@CoffeeSteff]

My dad would send me to buy him cigarettes since I was ~14yrs. (Free delivery service) He was smoking *long red Viceroy*. ~2.5euro back then, almost the same as the ones he is smoking now, close to 10yrs later.

[@DeadinsideCastlevania648]

Your channel is awesome. Thanks for helping me learn a bit about my Balkan culture as a Croat born in Canada. Also merry Christmas♡

[@szmiiskull]

i will NOT stop smoking my man

[@Gawainer]

I love your lively and witty presentations. Great channel!

[@Md-uc3jr]

Sziasztok Magyarországról 🇭🇺🇪🇺

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Довиждане от България БгЕС

[@babazsi_2172]

⁠@@BatkoNashBandera774szopdki

[@noderiviera]

If you go out in Serbia outside at the morning you will see a lot of people near shops standing with a cigarette and coffee. Mostly shop owners and their friends. That's true.

[@Neonvolendam]

Many senior citizens in the Balkans unironically believe that smoking will make them live longer.

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

And yet all those old farts are outliving many youth

[@asillygoofygoober]

My father? (he's been smoking 42 years out of 55 years of his life and he's somehow still living and healthy)

[@muramasa870]

Yes it's true. The opposite will happen if they quit suddenly. They will die within weeks. Strange how human body works

[@GiveMeABreak666]

Yeah but their quality of life and health decreases regardless of length.

[@wwondertwin]

​@@muramasa870They usually quit because they're already so ill that smoking makes them feel worse. They would end up dying whether they stopped or not, but the timing of stopping can appear like it's the cause of death when in reality it's just a symptom of the underlying cause.

[@yope7591]

I'm watching this video while drinking my morning cup of coffee and smoking a cigarette! Thank you :)

[@SomePotato]

Balkans: ~40% smokers Asia: hold my rice schnaps

[@SinaKec]

Great video, Janosh! Thanks for all the information and data.

[@sven5798]

3:15 thanks for saying its AI generate, unlike so many other youtubers! like 1 time i was watching a youtuber talking about AI, and he was putting not so obvious AI images without saying. In the comments he even denied it

[@Cube-3710]

Swedes Enjoying The Magic Powder (Snus Nowdays) Whilst Other Countries Smoked.

[@basedsketch4133]

Here in Massachusetts in USA it costs just about 15 dollars when i get door dash from 7-11 for groceries too but in person it coasts just about 14 dollarz i think

[@santaanaroadwildman3614]

Dude. Your editing is top tier! Seriously amazing

[@mikegoldwing5897]

Just a random Romanian guy watching this in the morning while drinking a coffe and smoking on the toilet

[@DanTheCaptain]

As a half European half North American like Janos, I love my country, Hungary, and the greater European continent dearly. However, one thing that has always rubbed me the wrong way was the prevalence of smoking. I cannot stand the smell and can’t understand the appeal. I hope that the attitude towards smoking slowly changes as it’s not just harmful to user but those who don’t.

[@zarkokilbarda]

Honestly this video was released at the wrong time. Unfortunately. I am a smoker and I noticed that people who did not smoke in Serbia or who stopped smoking, started smoking again due to stress. But I work in a mine, with people who have no hope for a better future. So I'd rather die slowly from the fumes or radiation of a welding machine than be killed by someone's incompetence. But this ARE the Balkans

[@damonmelendez856]

Stay safe bro. all the best

[@yendevus1747]

You have access to the internet and speak English. Why do you work in a mine?

[@filtheater716]

Jó szerencsét! / Srećno! Im working in a mine too, and I feel your struggles brother! Keep it up, things will be better!

[@yendevus1747]

@@filtheater716 You can speak English why can't you find another job?

[@bilbosaggins9793]

Honestly as a smoker/vapist the loss of breaks at work would be the worst part about quitting. Those 10 minutes of rest and relaxation can get you through the worst mondays

[@basedsketch4133]

You know Stojan went through cartons. Got my marlboro reds right here

[@cheezus4772]

In Bulgaria, close to where i live, there are 3 high-schools. Every time i pass by one of them there are dozens of young teens outside the school smoking. The lack of any school/teacher/parent control is shocking. Those are 14 year olds that are on a pack a day. Shocking thing to me is that it didn't use to be like that 20 years ago when I was at school. There was smoking, sure, but it wasn't so mass and obvious. Smoking has taken over the schools here big time.

[@JeredtheShy]

I managed to quit this year after smoking for decades. The nicotine lies. You'll be in a bad mood for a few days, but then you'll be free, you will no longer crave it. It's not like you go through life desperately ignoring the urge to smoke, no. A week goes by and you are free. A few months goes by and you no longer think of it. It helps to replace your smoke breaks with coffee breaks, so you aren't giving up your little moments of peace in the day.

[@damyr]

Yuck... Coffee without cigarettes is like sex with a dead person. I bet you're a necrophile as well.

[@CaptainPetrov]

I used to like the smell of cigarette smoke, now I can't stand when someone smells like an ashtray. It's so weird because sometimes I want one, the last time I gave in I regretted it immediately because it made me feel like crap. Now I keep telling myself whenever a craving for one kicks in that it's expensive, bad for me, and makes me feel like crap, as well as it not smelling very good

[@JeremiahKF]

I'm a Balkanac, unlike most of the people watching this. As a high school and later university student I would help my grandparents run a corner shop during the summer. I've lost count of the packs of cigarettes I would stock and then sell. Almost all the shoppers would buy a pack of smokes, some kind of cheap alcohol (usually a beer, sold in 1L plastic bottles) or most often both. Sometimes, you almost feel sorry for these people, but at the end of the day you had to take their money and keep them coming regularly. Sure, we would sell other stuff but tobacco and alcohol were 3/4 of the revenue. I also have never smoked tobacco up until now and I probably won't.

[@MILLlWATT]

nicotine fiend westoid here, you're smart abt not smoking - just change that probably to a definitely, and do not even think about the vapes bc they're MUCH more addictive if you're not a prior cig smoker! the boring oldies in your life are dead correct abt the evils of smoking 😂

[@losmioi]

Пиво у пластици од литар, важи... Две киле момак.

[@Fly0High]

Coming from Portugal, an honorary balkan on it's own right, when I visited about an year ago I definitely felt thrown back in the 90s, where everyone would smoke anywhere. Legislation banning smoking inside public placed really changed the trend of smoking here and the balkans do seem to be on the verge of change.

[@MssAKI1992]

well i drink coffee and smoke. but i start my morning with honey in warm water, neem and turmeric. then after some time ill make my self a coffee and light up a cigg. and yes i am Serbian

[@damonmelendez856]

The neem and turmeric might help to cancel out the cigs, ngl.

[@MssAKI1992]

@@damonmelendez856 indeed, that and much much more. difference i noticed in my body after 2 weeks of consumption are insane.

[@waterfelon33]

Za šta služi nim tj. koje su prednosti? Pijem i ja nekad kurmumu, med i cimet ali nisam do sad čuo za nim.

[@MssAKI1992]

@@waterfelon33 Neem je list drveta iz porodice kao lovor, ali se tvrdi da je naj kompleksniji list u smislu sadrzaja i strukture. sadrzi 125 substanci u svom listu. glavna funkcije je ciscenje zeludca, odklanja sve negativne bakterije koje su se nakupile godinama i omogucuje zdrav rad tog organa.

[@ЯворХаризанов]

Congratulations for kicking the habbit! I know how stubborn it could be. I quit 4 years ago, and replaced the cravings with meditation such as the Wim Hof breathing method. It works so far. Never start again and always be vigilant! You know why you quit and never forget the reasons. Greetings and love from Bulgaria! :)

[@albanianwhiteeagle23]

One such habit of King Zog of Albania was his excessive smoking, reportedly consuming 200 cigarettes a day. This staggering quantity earned him a possible claim to the dubious title of the world’s heaviest smoker in 1929.

[@grahamturner2640]

I wonder how one man could even smoke that much.

[@100cents5]

​@@grahamturner2640 Rich people only smoke like 30% of their cigarette

[@mrleo8968]

Very good video, nice to see some numbers.

[@NoobCamperCoDM]

You can't kill something that's already dead. Greetings from Croatia, a country with german prices (x2) and indian salaries.

[@TrineDaely]

Tobacco had big influences on American history, from trading with Native Americans to driving the slave trade for tobacco plantations. Before cotton became king, tobacco held the title. It could be argued that the world would be different if tobacco hadn't played such a huge role in our history. Would love to see a coffee video. And yes, a few smokes and coffee is my breakfast. Powermatic iii rolling machine saves my sanity.

[@TrineDaely]

P.S. Congrats on quitting!

[@mostwantedmiksa]

My grandad and his family used to have plantation of tobacco around vranje in serbia for many years.

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

I feel satisfied as an Indigenous person who still uses tobacco ritualistically knowing we gave something messed up back after damn near being wiped out.

[@Best_goat_ever]

Lool but not rlly to the right ppl sadly

[@howdoyousnuffit]

You guys know how to use the tobacco and also the coca leaf.

[@JoBlakeLisbon]

I'm not sure it was the balkanoids that wiped your people out

[@Roasty_Toasty908]

The people who are dying rn from tobacco are people who had nothing to do with the genocide of your people

[@anniep.8771]

Am curious how you are perceive us the people from the Balkan?Do you know anythink about us(which is not nessery,dont get me wrong) ,of automatically in your eyes we are the same as the settlers who did the heinous acts towards your people?Am not looking for a figth,just genuinely curious to find out how do you perceive us if you do..

[@rogerlafaille9938]

I'm dutch, and good coffee and a sigaret is the best European breakfast hands down. Never change a winning receipt☕️🚬

[@Ivoangelov89]

Very good video! I Love it! Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@luki188]

I have been smoking for 3 Years and I am currently in the process of going through the 4-5th Attempt to quit. Its hard but I have been going strong for 3 Days. I hope they will turn into years.

[@CharlesForbin-p9p]

Love the Heroes of Might and Magic III music! And the picture of Inferno.

[@Cold-d1w]

We smoke because we are stressed, we are stressed because (we all know the situation) and the situation is like that because we are like that and when we are different the situation will be different.

[@univon4892]

Mhm definitely!

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

Finally someone speaking up about the excessive alcohol consume...

[@СилвияВълчева-з2о]

I still remember, that in my country Bulgaria, every slightly bigger town had a tobacco factory. I remember when the factory in my town was demolished, people wasn't very happy.

[@Stark10Winter]

This channel is about war crimes and culture.

[@vanjamenadzer]

No, this channel is about culture. War crimes are simply part of our culture. Educate yourself.

[@Stark10Winter]

@@vanjamenadzer wow bro i was just joking.And i am a very educated man thanks.

[@vanjamenadzer]

@@Stark10Winter My comment was also a jokingly made one, don't take it so hard

[@expertizer]

@manjamenazer lol. Dude your comment made my day

[@vanjamenadzer]

@@expertizer damn bro, if that made your day, how bad could this day be? Mine sucks. Overslept my work. But who cares, 6 more days until I am free from US corporate greed and their low paying outsourcing.