http://bogotablogger.com/index.php/smoking-in-colombia/2007/05/06/ random thoughts of a gringo living in the capital city of Colombia Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://bogotablogger.com/index.php/smoking-in-colombia/2007/05/06/#comment-3035 Brigit Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:13:19 +0000 http://bogotablogger.com/index.php/smoking-in-colombia/2007/05/06/#comment-3035 Hello BogotaBlogger! I just found your blog and am really enjoying it -- I wish I had found it before my 5th or 6th visit to Bogota! A comment about smoking: I think it's culturally a slightly different situation than it is in the U.S -- my fiance is Colombian and he smokes in a way I've come to regard as distinctly Colombian -- that is, two or three times a day, when he happens to pass a street vendor selling them, and if he happens to be cold or hungry. Lots of his friends have this habit too, but it doesn't necessarily seem to be an "addiction" per se, because sometimes they'll go for days without smoking, and then have maybe 1 a day, other days 3 or 4 . . . I'm not really sure what it's all about, but it doesn't strike me as being of the same nature as the pack-a-day kind of smoking. Hello BogotaBlogger! I just found your blog and am really enjoying it — I wish I had found it before my 5th or 6th visit to Bogota! A comment about smoking: I think it’s culturally a slightly different situation than it is in the U.S — my fiance is Colombian and he smokes in a way I’ve come to regard as distinctly Colombian — that is, two or three times a day, when he happens to pass a street vendor selling them, and if he happens to be cold or hungry. Lots of his friends have this habit too, but it doesn’t necessarily seem to be an “addiction” per se, because sometimes they’ll go for days without smoking, and then have maybe 1 a day, other days 3 or 4 . . . I’m not really sure what it’s all about, but it doesn’t strike me as being of the same nature as the pack-a-day kind of smoking.

]]> http://bogotablogger.com/index.php/smoking-in-colombia/2007/05/06/#comment-4303 k Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:45:04 +0000 http://bogotablogger.com/index.php/smoking-in-colombia/2007/05/06/#comment-4303 Yes, I think you're right about that...there is a lot more very casual smoking in Colombia. And now that I'm in Turkey where the REAL smokers are, I should probably take it all back! Yes, I think you’re right about that…there is a lot more very casual smoking in Colombia. And now that I’m in Turkey where the REAL smokers are, I should probably take it all back!

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