US and Canada have seen great decreases after big anti smoking campaigns in the 90s and laws in the 2000s. Apparently European countries have not. But I have no idea about Australia and New Zealand.

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    10 months ago

    Australia had similar campaigns and decreases. We were the first to bring in plain packaging laws.

    There are still people smoking but the price of a pack of cigarettes is astronomical($55-60) compared to 10 years ago and alot of smokers I know are moving to vaping.

    The black-market for cigarettes is getting bigger too due to prices.

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        10 months ago

        Couldn’t say, sorry mate. I’m pretty sure you need a doctor’s script for nicotine vapes these days(I think they have been classified as nicotine replacement therapy).

        Most of my friends are buying liter bottles of concentrate off the net(not sure about legality of this) and filling their own carts. I don’t smoke or vape.