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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5454 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 9 of 27 05 February 2012 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's said to be the same here in Norway. Educated people are healthier: they smoke less, eat healthier, exercise more and live longer. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5561 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 10 of 27 05 February 2012 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think it may be that it is now quite rare for young educated people in the anglo-saxon countries to smoke, while it is still perfectly normal in most of Europe (at least Germany, France, Spain, Italy) and presumably elsewhere. It was actually one of my biggest culture shocks.
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| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4702 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 11 of 27 05 February 2012 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I smoke around 40 cigarettes a day. As far as I can tell, there've been no negative effects on my English learning. I'm now tackling Japanese, and you have to also be aware of the upsides of smoking - it relaxes and helps you focus.
It's not important if the downsides otherwise outweight the upsides. Let's stay ontopic. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 12 of 27 05 February 2012 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I learned a language to fluency while I was a heavy smoker. I learned another language to fluency well after I quit smoking.
I don't think there's any relation at all between language learning and smoking. It's down to other life factors. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6317 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 13 of 27 06 February 2012 at 12:09am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I know this isn't probably what was meant by "smoking", but I've smoked marijuana regularly for about 4-5 years and quit just recently as it was messing totally with my productivity and motivation. It's not to say marijuana made me lazy; rather, I was lazy when I smoked marijuana. I love the stuff, really, more so than alcohol and a damnside more than cigarettes, but I had to stop because I would just never get anything done. Not to mention the money... Edited by ChristopherB on 06 February 2012 at 12:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 27 06 February 2012 at 3:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yes, it's true in Russia, too. I found some older statistics on it, 1994 - 2003. Less than secondary: about 70% Completed secondary: about 60% Completed higher: about 50% I knew smoking was common in Russia but these numbers are amazingly high. Edited by newyorkeric on 06 February 2012 at 5:16am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5052 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 15 of 27 06 February 2012 at 5:35am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I found the following statistics published on the Word Health Organization website: Key Findings • 39.1 % of Russians (43.9 million) were currently smoking tobacco: 60.7 % of men and 21.7 % of women. • Russians with more education (secondary 41.3 %, high 38.1 %) smoked more than those with a lower education level (primary 18.0 %.) source: Russian Federation releases its Global Adult Tobacco Survey data (9 November 2010) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 27 06 February 2012 at 5:38am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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It's interesting that the numbers have changed so much in the last 10 years or so.
The numbers that I cited are from here. Edited by newyorkeric on 06 February 2012 at 6:23am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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