ONE THING GERMANS DO WAY MORE THAN AMERICANS, AND WE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- When Americans visit Germany, there is one thing different that they ALWAYS comment on and are SHOCKED by! We all know there are differences between Germany and America, but what is this one thing you don't see in the US that you do see in Germany at much higher rates?? We have already done videos on how much German homes love fresh air (Lüften), passion for health in Germany, hiking in beautiful German forests, and more! But, today we discuss this big difference between German Culture and American Culture we have observed, what the facts actually show and why this one thing possibly undoes the rest! 😊
1:18 - Introduction
1:56 - Who Smokes More?
3:54 - Interesting Bits of German Smoking Culture
7:26 - What We See...
10:30 - How is Smoking Viewed?
13:27 - Our Take
14:22 - Bloopers
Filmed: Kaiserslautern / Ramstein, Germany - October 2020
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❤️Aubrey was a Speech-Language Pathologist, Donnie was a graphic designer, but we both had a dream to travel the world and experience cultures. After three years of being married and dreaming about if something like this great adventure would be possible, we decided to quit the rat race and take on the world. We sold everything we had, quit our jobs, and took off! After 9 months of aimless and nonstop travel, we now get to fulfill our dreams of living abroad as expats as we move to Germany!
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Have you guys been in the Netherlands? Love to hear the difference between them from your perspective
We have a couple of times but just Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and The Hague. Need to go see more because we truly love it up there!
Of cause, ich always wait for the bloopers!
... not to mention the strategically placed mentioning of the channel´s sponsor right before the bloopers. sheer coincidence, of course. ;)
US Anti smoking campaign ...In the Hollywood movies of the mid 90ties till early 2000 especially in thrillers or horror movies fairly every movie protagonist in film smoking cigarettes died at one point of the story then truely horribly by accident or murder during the film and those who didn´t smoke survived the story..Respectively playing a victim in those movies includes smoking...It became so obvious during that time period as like as a Spoiler. Me and my friends even started to bet while watching those films about how many movie minutes those smokers had left till they die in a very cruel way..
"Raucher" is a noun and means "smoker" and "rauchen" is what a smoker does: "smoking". But "räuchern" is a verb and it means "to cure". You can use it on salmon (Räucherlachs), saussages (Rauchwurst) and meat (Rauchfleisch) they are all cured by "räuchern".
But räuchern is also done in a "smoker" - just not the human kind.
Smoking in Germany used to be way more popular. I remember growing up, that it was still allowed to smoke indoors, vending machines had no control for the age of the buyer and there was advertisement everywhere. In school you were only one of the cool kids if you smoked. Ever since they implemented the age check at machines, the ban if smoking indoors and in train stations, the ban of advertisement and making it way more expensive, the number of smokers decreased. I used to know many people who smoked, but nowadays I know barely anyone and even if someone smokes they do it mostly for pleasure.
Yeah, it's actually pretty remarkable. I think I was 14, when the Age Restriction was still only 16. I don't know, when deutsche Bahn banned smoking, but I remember when I was in Kindergarden, there were still smoking wagons. And our Kindergarden Group was forced to ride with that wagon, since most others were to full. We shared the wagon with only two other passangers, and those two ladies didn't give a Crap either and smoked NON STOP for the entire duration of our Trip, which wasn't that nice.
Basically the whole culture around that has changed. I also remember, when I was 8 or 9 or something, I was on vaccation at a Family we know. The parents were chain Smokers as well, and they would smoke NON STOP inside the appartment and especially inside their fucking car - which isn't that great, when you got 3(!) Children
@@sagichdirdochnicht4653 You sure feel like I do about smoking. When I lived in Germany in 1968-1970, I had many teenage friends and just about everyone of them smoked. I didn't smoke and I hated the smell of cigarettes. I often wondered how could so many young kids want to smoke!!! I think one of the reasons for my distaste of cigarette smoke is my dad was a chain smoker and when us 3 little kids got in the back seat of the family car and would take trips with the windows rolled up we all got sick and had to throw up. My mother was allergic to nicotine and I think us kids inherited that from her. It makes my head hurt, my throat hurt and if I am subjected to it for a long time it is as if I just swallowed a major dose of caffeine. I get the shakes. We used to visit the parents of our former Exchange Student and both his parents smoked non-stop. They even smoked at the eating table. We would go to their favorite beer drinking place and the air inside was filled with smoke. I pretended I was having a great time but all I could think of was "get me out of here so I can breathe some fresh air!!" My wife and I slept upstairs in their house but after we would go to bed we could smell the cigarette smoke coming from their bedroom downstairs. We could hardly fall asleep, and I had fitful nights. We loved them dearly and never said anything. After all, it was THEIR home and we were guests. Not my place to ask them to stop smoking. We had a wonderful and miserable time all at the same time! We could smell the smoke in our clothing and even our hair! And the last thing I want to smell is cigarette smoke in a restaurant while I'm trying to enjoy my meal. I'm not against smokers. I think they should just be considerate of others.
@@mikelastname1220 Couldn't agree more.
Thankfully, really times have changed. Even most Smokers don't smoke inside their Appartment or even car. Just because it would smell horrible. 20 years ago and everyone was smoking inside the stupid sleeping room. Still have absolutely no fucking Idea how one could smoke where tthey would sleep.
And yep, can't talk to the freaking adults about their smoking behaviour. It could just be, that the relatives I've had were fucking Idiots who don't care about the Kids (seriously tough, they are indeed Idiots...), but had made the experience. If you are a child or non smoker, inhale nice and deeply, ain't gonna get fresh air for a frew hours. And don't fucking DARE to ask if someone could have the decency to not smoke on a fucking 10 Minute trip. Great times..........
I'm absolutely not against smoking or anything. Not even inside ones Home or Car - as long as nobody is with/near them. And the nice thing is, it kinda seems like we are now at this point. I know Mothers in my age (Mid to end 20's) who smoke, but N E V E R anywhere near a child. Not like when I was a child and was forced to ride in a car with 2 Chain Smokers, that couldn't even stop for a fucking 10 Minute ride. Never inside the Appartment (children....) and so on. Also, pretty much the whole country has some anti smoking laws nowadays. Which I find fantastic, even tough I was smoking myself for a few years. Even if you smoke, you don't wanna have that crap right next to your face when you do eat. Fucking disgusting.
@@sagichdirdochnicht4653 While I loved your message I kept noticing all the 'fuck" words. I'm an old man and I sure can say this word too. But, normally, strangers don't use this word to each other and especially older people, like me! Ha. So . . . that made me think you must be young, because the only people I know who say this word all the time are people under 40 and usually in their 20's and then YOU said you were in YOUR 20's! So, my intuition was right! I guessed your age by how many times you said "fuck"! Haaaaaaa! Now, don't take me the wrong way. I am absolutely not offended by your use of that word "fuck". There are times it sure makes a point! Especially, when you said, "couldn't even stop for a fucking 10 Minute ride." I had to laugh out loud on that one. Your message was another example of cultural differences. "Polite people" here don't use that word, but I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to talk with me just he way YOU wanted to talk. With that said . . . now . . . .I'm going to get the fuck outta here! Haaaaaaaaaa! Mike
@@mikelastname1220 Well yes, I'm 27, so I guess you are right. In reality, age or not, I just don't give a crap; adults should be able to handle some profanity, if not - oh well, to bad, don't really care. Funny thing is, in places around the world swearing is very, very common. And if someone gets Butthurt by the use - nobody seems to care about those Snowflakes feelings.
Glad you aren't offended tough. In my experience, it's really telling when someone can't handle a little "FUCK!". I suppose those people have fantastic lives tough wiith a ton of ignorance about anything they don't care. In my personal experience, the only way to endure politics for example is to be able to swear all loud, when another corrupt piece of Shit gets shoved down another few Million Euros down their Arses and NOTHING happens. That, or Drugs. However, since I'm not really able to live, earn money, anything, if I started drinking in the Morning, I'm just gonna continue cursing all the time. Again, if someone gets Butthurt - oh well. But if I can't get Drunk AF, cursing is the only sensible way to deal with this god awfull society we live in.
OH the irony: In the 80s the "Marlboro Man" a typical texan cowboy, good looking american mid 40s guy was basically on every 3rd ad on the street and before any movie you would watch in the cinema here in germany. And smoking, for many, had a vibe of "being a cool laid back american". :D
I think the actor who was the Marlboro character actually died of cancer.
@@TedH71 There were several Marlboro Man-actors, but the most wellknown, Wayne McLaren, actually died of lung cancer in the age of 51 years in 1992.
Several other Marlboro Mans also died on lung cancer or other diseases of their lung: David Millar in 1987, David McLean in 1995 and Eric Lawson in 2014.
@@ReisskIaue rofl. Danke, Ollie. Echt lustig der Gedanke.
@@TedH71 He did die from smoking.
@@mikelastname1220 Yes he did. Lung cancer from smoking. Ironic when you think about it.
The part of the word ‚Räucher’ in the name of the figurines comes from the word räuchern, which means ‚to smoke meat‘. It is a completely different word to ‚rauchen‘ (without the dots), which means either smoking a pipe/cigarre/cigarette or the fact that something burning is producing smoke.
I remember when I was stationed in Germany everyone smoked and there were cigarette machines everywhere. It also felt like (especially in big cities) that I was walking in a Constant smoke haze. However, in the last 13 years of travel in Germany, I do notice the smoke decreasing. :).
Since you guys translate german proper names of for example Mountains like Schwarzwald = black forest or Erzgebirge = ore mountains, i will do the same from now on. I will start to call the Rocky mountains felsige Berge !!!
:))
Maybe that's a good topic for another video ?
Früher sagte man Neu York. Ansonsten sagen wir ja auch Kalifornien und nicht California
There is a difference between rauchen and räuchern and Räuchermännchen are not Rauchermännchen. These figurines blow a pleasant smell into the room, no cigarette smoke!
Right, that part confused me a bit too. Räuchern means burning incense rather than smoking. It’s only that these look like they would be smoking...
Yes, I think räuchern means to fumigate.
I'm German and I only know two people who smoke. The majority of my friends don't.
So glad I stopped smoking, I suddenly smelled and tasted everything so much more intense, had no bad breath anymore and suddenly was able to run again, to take bigger steps! Happened from one day to the next! It's so worth it... I miss it when anxiety pops up again, though, and rolling your own cigarettes is fun. I mean: WAS fun.
Have a nice weekend!
My grandfather smoked his whole life and talks about losing his since of rast because of it as well but because he smoked so long, he never got it back. Sad to see him POURING salt all over his food to try and be able to taste something! Glad you didn’t have the same experience and got all that back! 😃
Congratulations! Im trying to stop too. My lungs and teeth are terrible.
@@loveislove4879 Yeah I just had a smoke. Sorry.
Smoking was really a problem when I was young. Everybody was smoking everywhere, small children took their parent's cigarettes and started smoking. There was smoke in the homes, in the school toilets (as smoking was forbidden in schools), in the restaurants. Only churches were places without smoke. Again and again, they talked about lung cancer, but nobody would do anything against it. Except for increasing the taxes/prices. Finally ads for cigarettes was forbidden. Some years ago, smoking in restaurants was prohibited and bit later in all public buildings, as it is today. I guess two or three years ago the packages have to show warning against smoking The number of lung cancer's going quite down, finally.
Die Zahl der Raucher geht in Deutschland zurück, besonders bei der Jugend. Und das ist gut so.
Früher war überall Zigarettenwerbung zu sehen. Rauchen war cool und angesagt. Der "Marlboro-Mann" war präsent. Und woher kam der wohl?
Aldi Süd?
Fun fact: Marlboro started as a cigarette brand for women.
Dafür wird wohl mehr Gesoffen und Gras Geraucht das Vaping soll auch extrem populär sein
@@IcidLink Das kann ich nicht beurteilen. Was ist Vaping?
Von Leo Burnett
"räuchern" and "rauchen" are very different meanings, every "Rauch" (=Smoke")-related word showing the "ä" Umlaut always means a kind of a "incense", only the "rauch-" relates to "smoking" as in inhaling smoke from cigarettes, pipes etc.. So a "Räuchermännchen", though it seems to "smoke" by holding a pipe and letting out the incense smoke through the "mouth", the "Räucher-" refers to the incense, not to the act of "smoking". OK, the further meaning of "räuchern" regarding "smoking meat" as in "smoked salmon" or "smoked ham" or such doesn't help to differ between the meanings, as well as that a fire "raucht" (=emits smoke") but these two word roots mean in the end very distinct different things, they aren't synonyms.
you just spared me from so much typing... =)
Thanks for that good explanation!
Raucher =person who smokes /noun
räuchern= to smoke e.g. salamon /verb
Räucher=non existand combination 😉
Very important and good explanation👍
When I first moved to Germany, the constant smoke smell plus all the artificial scents in laundry drove me crazy. My bedroom overlooked a courtyard plus a ton of balconies. I used to jump up and close my windows the second i smelled smoke. By the end of my 2.5 years, i stopped noticing. I recently put on a top I last washed in Germany and the smell was wonderful. :)
Great video, thanks!
I found an interesting article about smoking, but it's in German, and I am not sure whether I may post a link here, but I'll try:
www.heise.de/tp/features/Hauptsache-nikotinabhaengig-ein-notwendiger-Nachtrag-zum-diesjaehrigen-Weltnichtrauchertag-4944664.html?seite=all
In essence, the article analyses a study about smoking, and says that by 2013, about 25% of the adult population in Germany (that means, 18 or older) were smokers, but at ages between 20 and 50, almost 40% did smoke, with more men than women smoking.
The next paragraph in the study, however, is much more interesting: The age at which young people start smoking seems to go DOWN, being at 14 now, although Germany RAISED the legal smoking age from sixteen to eighteen. Now that's really interesting to me, being an amateur sociologist. Doesn't that seem like forbidden things attract young people because they are forbidden?
Take a look at the Netherlands: They never had a serious problem with misuse of marijuana, BECAUSE IT WAS LEGAL and still is. You forbid something, you create a problem.
Or, on the other hand, you ORDER people to do something, and they will obey for a while, but not forever. You can currently see that here in Germany with the "anti-Corona demonstrations". Silly name created by the media, if you allow me that remark: You cannot demonstrate against a virus, because it has no ears. But people have, and putting on a face mask in crowds really should be no problem.
I think other countries, like Sweden, do it better: They appeal to solidarity rather than ruling by decree. I'm a smoker, but I don't smoke where children are around, but I also confess to being a smoker. Smoking makes you addicted, that's for sure, and I started smoking at 15, because, see above: It was illegal. Now don't call me a revolutionary, because I knew girls who were 13 and had a fag in their mouth. I rather was one of the shy guys.
The Räuchermännchen, I am not sure. Fumigation used to be an old tradition before modern disinfectants were invented, and people used to burn some scented sulfur in their houses, which certainly wasn't healthy. Fumigators, according to a BBC documentary, had a very short life. Modern Räuchermännchen, however, use allegedly harmless substances, and if you want it still more harmless, use an Aromalampe with water and etheric oil (I recommend lemon grass), and a Teelicht from IKEA: (No, I don't recommend going to IKEA. You always walk out with things you don't need.)
The Nazis and smoking: Their biggest problem was, as soon as the US entered the war, that their tobacco supplies came to a halt. But their soldiers insisted on having cigarettes, so Germany in those days started growing tobacco, and that's still a small industry subsidized by the German government and the EU. Yes, THE European Union that made warning signs on cigarette packages mandatory.
The Bros. Albrecht: I know the story, and it's very similar to the Adidas and Puma division between two brothers. Sad for which simple reasons a family can break apart; but on the other hand: They both were doing very well, one with cigarettes, one without.
Flying with a cigarette: My first and last flight with a cigarette was on a Boeing 747 (yes, that big old jet airliner) out of AMS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) into BOM (Bombay, nowadays Mumbai, India). The return flight, half a year later, already was smoke-free. They could have told me before, but I could also have noticed: Why are there so many pharmacies at airports that sell nicotine patches? I'd wish that someone invents a nicotine tattoo that looks like Puff, the magic dragon.
Cigarette vending machines: They're on the decline, because many operators say, they're not worth the effort, and I can understand that. Sometimes on a Sunday I used to use the machine around my corner, but it would only take coins, so I had to plan ahead to have 7 euros in coins in my pocket, and not forget my bank card, drivers license, or personal ID for age checking. And, no, your health insurance card won't work. It could, the computer could do it, but they're blocked.
Rolling cigarettes: I do. That's from my Hippie times (YES, I am that old.) I'm rolling cigarettes for two reasons:
- Nostalgia. Reminds me of the times when I had a motorbike, even when it was a Suzuki instead of a BMW.
- Money. Rolling your own makes about half the amount of buying ready-made.
And my leather jeans and gear suggest to younger people that there most be a Kawasaki around the corner.
Taxes: I'm sorry, I couldn't completely follow you. That's a problem I think most Europeans have, because here, the price that's on the label is exactly the price you pay at checkout.
Preventable death: Here in Germany, obesity and diabetes due to consumption of too much sugar are the two main reasons for early death, just followed by smoking, or so people assume and is reported in the media. But I'm asking me why you should prevent death at any cost? What's an average 7 years loss on your lifespan compared to the fun and enjoyment you can get? In our later years, let's be honest, we'll be alzheimered and demented, and that's not life to me.
Wow, i didn't know that cigarettes were the reason that Aldi split, interesting.
So did I... thx for teaching me new things
We didn’t either until we were researching for this video! 😅
Me neither!
And, in the US, ALDI is owned by aldi south. Trader joe's is owed by aldi north
Sicherlich nicht! War eher wegen den Meinungsverschiedenheiten der beiden Brüder bezüglich der Firmenleitung!
I despise smoking. It became even worse for me standing it after some time in Canada, where the laws are stricter and non-smoker protection is better. Same goes for alcohol consumption in public by the way. I do drink myself but wouldn't be mad if they banned it from the streets.
There's so much litter coming along with both practices.
I would like to see implemented some general rules for smoking like they've got in Canada. Certain distance to any entrance of public buildings. No smoking in general in public buildings / grounds. That would help a lot.
Being at a train station in Germany as a non smoker is a pain since there are areas where smoking is allowed every couple steps.
Since I moved to Germany my going out and socializing habits have changed. I have a rare allergy to cigarettes that can lead to even death. I am from California and have always enjoyed smoking restrictions that allowed me to have a normal life. Here I don’t have that luxury, therefore, my spouse and I keep it to ourselves. I stayed for love and my spouse understands my rare allergy to cigarette smoke. I am an academic who no longer enjoys staying in coffee shops to write. First of all, the coffee shops here are not really set up for that and staying outside I am exposed to the risk of someone smoking near by. I had one occasion where I was exposed directly and had CPR performed to make me start breathing again. I feel bad for all involved. Is neither my fault I was born with a rare allergy nor are the people whose smoking habits is no one else’s business but their own. Life is full of compromises and I am happy to do my part. I enjoyed the video and hope these cultural differences can be educational for all interested. Cheers.
Well, my opinion on this is different. Smoking is NOT someones own business since it affects other people and their health so much!
I started smoking late about 25. As I was smoking weed when I was younger, I always had to ask friends who were rolling their cigarettes for paper and tobacco. That was enervating and after one or two years later I bought tobacco myself so I could smoke a joint whenever I wanted );
Now I am over 40 and don’t do weed anymore, but still smoke...
I hope, I will get rid of this habit soon also.
As german born and raised i can say smoking is in decrease, because fewer and fewer from the younger generations pick it up at all.
It used to be something of a status symbol post war era and kinda still has some lingering echoes of that, but more and more ppl are being sane and eshew smoking
Often childs from smokers are also smoking. So it is not so decreasing like you would think. Also lots of immigrants are smoking which are also a huge part of our population. If you are using public transport you will recognize a lot of smokers. Doors of the S-Bahn are open, directly you stand in a smoke cloud...
It also depends on education. People with low education smoke more often than people with academic background.
Klasse! Das Rauchen muss ich mir auch einmal wieder angewöhnen! ;)
Canadian girl here (non smoker) visited Germany for 21 days in September 2019 and found the smoking in Germany gross. Here in Canada we are not allowed to smoke in parks, restaurants, not allowed to smoke within so many meters of entrances etc. basically you can smoke in your home and car (without children in the car) anyways the amount of smoking in Germany was a culture shock. I visited some people I knew there and left after a day because I couldn’t handle the smoking. Even at the table while eating!!!! 🤮
Yes unfortunately lots of smokers won‘t understand that non smokers around them don‘t like the smell of the smoke. And if you politely try to tell them that you don‘t like it and if it would be possible that they should go a bit away and smoke there, they get often angry. Their arguments are always the same. „It‘s my own right and decision, nobody shall judge me.“ „There are lots of smokers who reached the 100 without any disease. If I get a disease than it‘s my own thing - shit happens“ - You see the same symptoms like any other addiction. They whitewash it and don‘t want to hear that they are addicted and are too weak to stop their addiction. 🤷🏻♂️
I had to make myself be okay with it so it didn’t over shadow my trip. I love Germany and will go back many more times. It’s just a big cultural difference from how I grew up. I would never ask someone to change their behavior for me anyways so you adapt.
@@kelliemarquet5125 you are absolutely right to criticize it. I‘m german and don‘t like still how „common“ and „cool“ here in germany the smokers and alcoholics are traded. It‘s in my opinion a mess but I‘m always in defense with this opinion, because most people, even they are not alcoholics or smoker in this country play down those two „luxury foods“, as it should be the right of anybody to use them. And it‘s okay - even for alcohol - to drink it every day. Having fun is the first reason they list. But what they won‘t understand is that you always can have fun even without drugs like alcohol and cigarettes. 🤷🏻♂️
I lived in Germany, visited Germany many, many times and am simply in love with Germany and all things German . . . but . . . the smoking in Germany is horrible! That is the ONLY thing I disliked when in Germany and being among friends. The statistics might say that Germans smoke just a little bit less or a little bit more than Americans, but I just don't believe it. I was constantly surrounded by clouds of smoke. I think it is more than DOUBLE the amount who smokes. That is the only negative thing I can say about Germany. My wife and I had to leave the home we were visiting earlier than we planned because we couldn't stand another night of inhaling the smoke that was already in the house.
I like to watch your videos! Keep up the good work.
As a native German, I knew about Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, but was unaware of the reason why they split up.
When Covid is over and when you're around the Cologne/Düsseldorf area, I would love to be your tour guide. =)
Thanks so much for the encouragement! Glad you enjoy!! 😊
You guys really did your homework! I am a former smoker and I have to say that the smoking un Germany is quite bothersome. I really hate having to walk through clouds of smoke to get inside the grocery or other businesses. It is certainly very different here.
Well....another video enjoyed! ☺️
Thx! Really appreciated! 👋
I've got one general question. Being from the very north of Germany I was wondering why probably 85% of the "explorer videos" cover the south of Germany. I can think of reasons why the south might be covered first,sure. But the north is pretty much ignored by most. I don't mean you two exclusively,but all of these kind of youtube videos. Some visit Hamburg ......but this country does also have a more northern part than that with islands and shores etc......😂 😉
Maybe you can break the barrier someday.
Nevertheless keep making your great videos!!!😊
Aubrey....it's time for your 1st video in German......😬
I would suggest Lübeck, too !
I remember times, were smoking was allowed in the waiting area of the social office. I opened a window and was asked to close it.
Later I was in the office, wanted to complain and noticed the ashtray.
Since many years I likes it, that this is smoke free.
About pubs I can't say it in general.
One pub is with live music, but doesn't tell to be a place, where smoking is allowed. I gave a review, because it doesn't match to attract singers on the one hand and to smoke on the other hand and not to tell it.
„Fun“-fact: Germany is the last country in the EU, that has not condemned Cigarette Advertisement. It is still legal as outdoor advertisement and in cinemas.
No it's not. I haven't seen ads for cigarettes here in Germany in over twenty years.
@@marrykurie48 i guess you have to leave your basement more often.. nina is completely right by saying it is still legal.. at least try to inform yourself before arguing against someone else... srsly: it is 2020 all the knowledge of the world is just a few clicks away.. but who needs facts as long as we have opinions, amirite?
www.wuv.de/marketing/aus_fuer_tabakwerbung_in_kinos_und_auf_plakaten
@@crappiefisher1331 I don't know why you are insulting me. But I have always been living in Germany for over 40 years now and for a long time there's been no tobacco advertisement at all anywhere around my place. Not on Street ads, not on TV, not in magazines and not in cinemas. I admit that I don't know exactly since when in the past this has stopped, but at least it did a long time ago. And sending me to a link that wants me to accept cookies first before getting the chance to check if I was wrong is seriously not the right way for me. Didn't read it, didn't let them access my computer to mess with it. Sorry. Have a nice day.
@@marrykurie48 like i said: leave your house more often. on my way to work with public transport i come across more than enough billboard advertisements for cigarettes...
but it doesn't even matter how many advertisements you or i see, what matters is that nina is completely right when she says that those kind of advertisements are not forbidden in germany..
reality is: poster advertising and cigarette advertisement in cinemas is still legal in germany... there is nothing to discuss...
there is a position paper from CDU/CSU planning to slowly forbid poster and cinema advertisements for cigarettes starting in 2021... which would be NEXT year
if you don't wanna use my link, which does not require any cookies at all for me, then google it yourself. i don't care about how you educate yourself as long as you at least try to inform yourself before starting to talk about something or even worse tell someone else to be wrong even tho you are obviously the one who is wrong
let me help you out with something you find by simply typing 3 words into your search engine:
"Bereits heute ist Werbung für Tabakwaren streng reglementiert. Lediglich in Kinos (nach 18 Uhr) und direkt am Verkaufstresen darf noch offensiv für die Produkte geworben werden. *Plakatwerbung* ist in der EU, abgesehen von *Deutschland* und Bulgarien, hingegen nicht mehr erlaubt."
or here some stuff from the position paper i mentioned above:
"Das Verbot greift Schritt für Schritt
Im Kino geht es los: Ab 1. Januar 2021 soll den Plänen zufolge Tabakwerbung bei Filmen Tabu sein, die frei für Jugendliche unter 18 sind" (which still would allow advertisements for 18+ movies. instead of linking it to a time (nach 18 uhr) they now link it to the age restriction of the movie (18+)
"Den Tabakplakaten geht es dann ein Jahr später an den Kragen. Ab dem 1. Januar 2022 gilt das Außenwerbeverbot, für Tabakerhitzer greift es ab 1. Januar 2023, für E-Zigaretten dann ab 1. Januar 2024"
so end of story..
@@marrykurie48 Do you live by any chance in Berlin? A while ago, I have heard that tobacco companies secretly agreed not to do any advertising in public space as kind of indirect lobbying. But I haven‘t checked myself. However you might find the following map quite interesting 🧐 katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/artikel/fulltext/plakatwerbung-fuer-tabakprodukte/
I've never heard of the "Rauchermännchen" before. Interesting.^^
Friedrich the great Made the first law to ban cigaretts/ Smoking. But it was more because he saw smoking cigaretts as a revolutionist thing from the french. He personilally saw smoking as a weakness if character. But due to extrem smuggling setting in they overthrew the ban due to taxes they raised later on it.
Nice video. Little correction, it was Theo who sold cigarettes (Aldi Nord) and Karl (Aldi South) was against cigarettes.
rauchen = to smoke (like: to smoke weed)
räuchern = to expose to smoke (like smoked salmon)
Sehr interessant! ;)
This is one thing I like about Americans, you don’t drink as much alcohol and I haven’t seen a single person smoking on the streets in a little town I’ve visited in Texas.
I prefer smoking instead of fracking. Fracking can influence the live of even unborn people.
Some years before there was a controversy because the subway network in Berlin forbid smoking on the platforms but had cigarette advertisements there. While waiting for your subway train, you could see the smoking cowboys or a person who offers weird people a cigarette or the adventures of a dromedary or so. When forbidding tobacco spots on TV, the manufacturers makes much effort to use the remaining ways as posters and cinema spots.
The controversy was about double standards, to forbid it, but to do advertisement.
I like how you always do such good research and show everything in a balanced perspective!
I think this smoking for pleasure is very seldom and requires a lot of discipline. Smoking tobacco in general is easily addictive.
And it’s not pleasurable in any way. It’s like setting your shoe on fire ( with your foot inside!) and then telling us you enjoy it when you pour water over it to put out the fire.
I like your informative videos since even I as a German learn new things from them. Just a little hint here : The 'A' in Aldi or Albrecht is pronounced like the 'U' in Underground or in until .Take care!
I quit smoking when old enough to drive . Cars are so expensive here, there was no money left. Later when I earned more there was no interest to start again. But I feel bad of the politics against cigarettes. Some people suffer from smoking and some don't. Just renember our former chancellor Helmut Schmidt. We simply don't know why. The ban is based on failing to know.
When everything, what might be bad for some, will be banned, whats next? Alcohol? Cars? Eating wrong or too much? Or - on the other hand - risky sports?
As "normal" cigarettes may currently not be so attractive in the US but "vaping" (consuming E-cigarettes) seem to be a real thing especially for young people. May be you could pick up this topic in a future video.
Interesting to see, that smoking is not such a thing in the USA. The advertisements (most prominently, the Marlboro man...) during my youth made me think otherwise. There were considerable campaigns in school on the topic, beginning in elementary, getting denser later on. Yet, at 17, between a third and half of my class were smoking - it was cool.
Some realised later, in their early twenties, that they had burned a sports car´s worth in cigarettes. Others stated later on, that they loathed it, but could not stop. I have known more than one person horribly dying from smoking, and I still fear that some of my friends may meet that fate someday.
There has been quite a debate on the 'horror images' on cigarette packs in Germany, although this had been a thing much earlies in a number of countries, and the impact on the youth, not to pick up that addiction, was already known. Arguments were, that it limited their personal freedom - which I always had thought was a typical American argument against any limitations. Even active smokers supported the horror images, as it would have kept them from starting as a kid, and it would hopefully keep a lot of kids away as well; but it would not make them reconsider smoking, as the addiction is stronger.
Another debate popped up, when smoking inside restaurants and bars was limited. Someone even said, that it somehow ruined the atmosphere of bars, as they smell of spilt beer, now. Some memories of the time before are that I had to go, because I couldn´t breathe in the some of the bars due to forced passive smoking, and my room would smell like old cigarettes, if I would not put every single piece of clothing on the balcony. I also remember, that I separated smoker`s and non-smoker´s areas were not a thing in my childhood.
Most of my friends were able to stop, fortunately, when they came to having children - or when the first cases of cancer and heart attacks came along in the vicinity.
Almost any smoker I know now picked it up in the youth and could not stop.Is this a similar thing (but 15% less) in the USA?
I am still puzzled, as in my perspective, gained while growing up, smoking was brought to Europe by the USA and their big tobacco corporates. I guess, we could learn from the USA, how to smoke less.
Interesting comparison. Non-smoker here, but I really don’t mind others smoking outside or in separate areas inside. Who am I to tell them?
I hate those going crazy at the slightest smell of smoke or someone having the occasional cigarette, Society is getting less and less tolerant.
Somehow I couldn’t help but remember that the US (not the whole of „America“) had the prohibition of alcohol.
That obviously didn’t work. And how was that compatible with the „land of the free“? The US is a very contradictory society it seems.
Smoking is a similar thing to drinking I‘d say: you can get addicted but you don’t have to.The more you prohibit it, the more interesting it gets.
Well, I hate the smell so I do not like to smell it from others. Also passive smoking is unhealthy. Would you like me to fart in your face? It is also smelling bad, but not unhealthy.
@@user-lk4fq4fs6i Passive smoking outside isn’t a problem. Hugely exaggerated if you aren’t in a car w. a smoker 24hrs. Even then it’s less harmful than smoking yourself. Smell is obviously a matter of taste. I don’t like it either, in fact i hate it, but neither do I like the smell of old cooking oil from a chip shop. So I tolerate this outside where the wind blows
@@demil3618 I tolerate it if someone smokes in the middle of the street, where I there is enough space for me to get around it. Smoking people should also tolerate that others may not like it and at least not smoke in front of the entrence of buildings, where everyone has to pass them. What should be prohibitted imho is smoking at outside restaurant tables. This is for sure unhealthy for all the other people and it is disturbing. At least they should ask if somebody has a problem with it before they start to smoke.
@@user-lk4fq4fs6i It essentially comes down to good behaviour forwards others, being considerate. I don’t see a health risk when it comes to smoking near tables outside, lots of fresh air, temporary exposure. But I agree that it isn’t considerate behaviour. Wouldn’t do it if i was a smoker.
@@demil3618 There are studies that prove a negative health influence during short time passive smoking. Also you never know if the impact on your neighbour is higher due to other health problems or a pregnancy.
I'm so glad to have experienced Germany kicking smokers outside! Cuz it totally sucked 10 years ago. I had a job teaching business English and two of my job locations had ash trays on the conference room tables! In 2010!
During the transition in NRW they made restaurants put smokers in a separate room. Problem was the door was always open. A restaurant nearby had the audacity to switch that around and made a special non-smoker room. Again, with the door open, so why even bother.
Relics from the past: I remember McDonalds had little tin/alu ash trays on the tables and my office building in downtown Seattle had an ash tray attached to the wall (metal box type) right next to the elevator. I remember staring at it trying to imagine people standing there smoking in the office!
Having non-smoking areas in restaurants is like having a non-peeing area in the swimming pool!
From video to video there's more of a content I as a German have never heard of, like the reasons for the Aldi-Equator.
long time ago there used to be non-smoker and smoker coaches in German trains. Quite suddenly, German Rail decided to remove the latter, and I was surprised there was no kind of outrage.
Smoking in an outdoor seating of a restaurant may be allowed but many guests ask their neighbors before lighting a cigarette. Many say they also wouldn't like smoke in their nose while eating so they don't expect the neighbours to tolerate it. Simply respect.
Some decades ago (1980s and earlier) it would have been impolite to tell your guests not too smoke in your home. Nowadays it is normal that your guests go out (balcony, yard, in front of the house door), if they want to smoke. You do not need to tell them.
I started smoking with 21, during my military service 15 years ago, but i havn't smoked a cigarette since 2 years. I stopped smoking because none of my friends smokes, not because of of health issues.
At my work place the smokers are in the minority and they have to "punch out" for the smoking time. I am not one of them.
Well, the smokers are always the ones with the hottest information.
My friend thankfully tells me what the smokers talk about in their special smoking room.
@@doroparker1702 I agree. The only good thing about smoking is that smokers have become so sociable since they've been banned to secluded places. I experienced that myself during a stay at a hospital where we - and the doctors and nurses who were smokers (!) - had to go to a little log cabin on the parking lot. You always had people to talk to there which you don't have that much inside the hospital.
I just celebrated my 6 year nonsmoking anniversary ❤
Tried to quit many times and finally managed to thanks to the flu in 2015. Never touched a cigarette since.
There's a third equator here: The "Weißwurstäquator", running somwhere north of Munich, separating Bavaria from the rest of the world ...
About smking: A lot of people declared that their 'last freedom', just like having no speed limits and reading "Bild" (Three things that should die already.)
Reading BILD as a secondary information is actually really okay. I love it for the photos. I read some decent newspaper like faz or süddeutsche and Spiegel.
When ever there is an event that is all over the news, bild got pictures and bild got a map where the event took place.
@@doroparker1702 This demonstrates *exactly* the problem with BILD and their readers. (For the uninitiated: That paper is the German equivalent of UK's 'The Sun')
No, it is not secondary information, that already comes from the original dpa, Reuters, etc. message. The first information is always witnesses on the ground.
The pictures in BILD are almost always
- out of context
- acquired without consent
- or just plain wrong
For further details consult bildblog.de/
And the decent newspapers have also pictures. But there also is no need to have more pictures with every accident, incident or celebrity.
For spectators who are in need of every gory detail, we also have a very special word in German: "Gaffer".
yes, and wearing masks during a pandemic
@@Cau_No We (the educated) sometimes use that word too. It means "gawkers".
Rolling your cigarettes was kind of political in the 1968 movement in Germany. I don't remember the exact saying (I'm not that old) but it basically meant "if you don't roll your own, you belong to the establishment". That's why it is still way more common in Germany.
Oh man I am german, I see smoking everywhere and I hate it because it is expensive/annoying/unhealthy and I have no idea why people do it 🤷🏻♀️😭
I guess smoking also highly depends on if your family who raised you smokes or not. I don't really know...
(especially kissing gets disgusting also, so whats the pros....)
There is only ONE reason why people doing it. It‘s highly addictive...
Im from Pennsylvania and am desperately trying to quit smoking! They recently raised the age to 21 here. Im nearly 38 and got carded the other day lol.
The really dumb part of german smoking regulations is, that before it was a common rule to not smoke while someone is eating on a nearby table or at least ask if someone minds, even outdoors. But since you can‘t smoke indoors in a restaurant, there are unfortunately some smokers who don‘t ask anymore outdoors, because they think non smokers should stay inside now, since indoors is now smoke free. But I still remember when I was a kid in the 70th and our family celebrated the big birthdays in a restaurant, that my eyes often burned and teared because of all the cigarette smoke.
Most of us don't smoke. But, one after Dinner is okay! Like a bonbon!! Me, personally I don't smoke at AL, but I have nothing against it, if I have Visiters in the house who are smoking! Life can be so easy with tolerance! In the Summer they are going anyway outside. I don't want to miss my friends because they are smoking!
In German there is a distinction between letters. Only because it looks alike it is not necessarily. Rauchen = to smoke (oneself), (ein)räuchern = to cover s/t with smoke. Huge difference! The Räuchermännchen ist someone (Männchen = small man) who produces smoke resp. is someone who covers something in smoke. Which is usually the house.
I just re-read my diary from my first time to the USA in 1980. I put down my impressions and the differences I found. Just like you in your vids. I read that there were handouts of cigarette packages in Detroit on the street. In NY I still remember the cabs with the advertising on the them "Carlton is lowest". I had no idea what Carlton was. Only until later I learned it was about the cigarette brand smoke ingredients. I am not a smoker, never been.
I used the Greyhound bus to get around. It was only allowed to smoke in the last 6(?) rows of the bus. When we crossed the border into California the driver announced that there it were illegal to smoke on public transport. SO anyone who would do it he would throw off the bus. And it would be up to the next driver whether he/she could continue the ride on the next bus. Germany is a little behind. It took an awfully long time to restrict smoking in bars and restaurants.
I started smoking at the age of 30, but never got adicted to it. I always smoked some few cigarettes or cigarillos at partys or after diner... or as they call it in french: la cigarette sociale 😊😉
Gotcha! Thanks for sharing 😊
In Germany we call that a "Partyraucher" :D
German here. I never smoked but I was the only one in my groop of friends. I did try thogh. It tasted bad and would cost money so I decided not to. In the 80 many teens smoked and there was peer presure to start. Thats why I tried in the first place. Back then the corner mashines did not check you age.
We even had a room for smoking in school for the students🤤
You probably already know, the "sin tax" is actually waayy higher here in Germany. I still smoke though, because I'm stupid.
It is still allowed to smoke in restaurants in Rheinland-Pfalz ? In Hessen, it is prohibited.
When I was in Berlin a few years ago, I was shocked by how many people disregarded no-smoking rules....this was especially confounding to me given how rule-happy the country seems to be. I remember taking a photo of all the cigarette butts on a no smoking S-Bahn platform. So, in addition to neglecting the no smoking signage, littering seemed to be okay when it came to cigarettes. Now, don't get me wrong, Americans will throw their butts everywhere as well. It was just surprising to me to see that in a country where rules seem to followed for literally everything else.
Smoking in the US is the DIRECT cause of around 400,000 deaths each year, and not just from “lung cancer”. It is also associated with increased rates of bladder and colon cancer, and is a major contributor to stroke and heart attacks.
Notice I have not even mentioned smoking’s role in lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema which cause a great deal of disability and deaths.
Finally, one has to realize that habitual smokers smoke for one reason: because they are truly addicted to the nicotine. In other words, smoking is, in itself , not enjoyable at all. It just calms the addicts urge for a few minutes.
Fortunately, as you so aptly pointed out, smoking is no longer fashionable in the US. Those who do smoke go to great lengths to conceal their addiction. People are quitting in the thousands every day not only for their health, but for social reasons as well. It has also become extremely expensive, which helps to discourage smoking and to help pay for healthcare for smoker’s illnesses.
13:50 I did expect ads for a tobacco brand. How disappointing.
In a Disney cartoon they turned a smoking cowboy into someone, who doesn't smoke but hold his hand a strage way.
That 29% tax on cigarettes doesn't sound too bad to me, because here in Finland it is 52%
Less people smoke now than 10-20 years ago. None of my friends or family members smoke right now. Some stopped to smoke several years ago. And only one of my colleagues do it regularly.
Auch in Deutschland wird Tabak extra besteuert. Die Berechnung ist sehr kompliziert, aber die Tabaksteuer macht mehr als 50% des Verkaufspreises aus. In Bayern wurde nach einem Volksentscheid 2010 ein Rauchverbot in Gaststätten eingeführt. Und Räuchermännchen haben nichts mit Tabakrauchen zu tun.
Normally i don´t smoke, but on holliday, in a bar, at the sea, nice Cocktail, what can be wrong with a good cigar? Or a talk with friends, glass(es) of Whisky and a Cigarillo. I enjoy it, but normal cigarettes, i smoked for 17 years are banned. A cigarette only happens when i win in the Casino on vacancy whilst playing Black Jack and having a single Malt.
Meine erwachsenen Kinder schütteln immer wieder ungläubig die Köpfe, wenn wir uns alte Fotos ansehen: Ostern, Weihnachten, Geburtstage im Haus meiner Eltern, die kleinen Kinder spielen inmitten Wolken aus Zigarettenqualm, auf dem Couchtisch stehen volle Aschenbecher. Kommentar meines Ältesten: Da hättest du heute das Jugendamt vor der Tür stehen! - Ganz so schlimm ist es nicht, aber das Rauchen in Deutschland hat SEHR abgenommen seit den 80er Jahren. Hat in meiner Kindheit (geboren 1961) noch so ziemlich jeder erwachsene Mann geraucht - und auch viele junge Frauen - so ist das heute nicht mehr der Fall. Nach meiner Erfahrung wird in handwerklichen Berufen wesentlich mehr geraucht als in Büroberufen - einfach, weil es in den Büros nicht mehr erlaubt ist (nur noch in speziell ausgewiesenen Raucherzonen). Früher durfte in Deutschland sogar in den Krankenhäusern geraucht werden und die Flure von Behörden waren stets rauchverhangen.
It's interesting how outsiders perceive this. Personally, I only have two people in my family who smoke and two more I know at work and that's it. Everyone else I know in Germany doesn't smoke.
As for the vending machines, in the area I live in they're so rare that I thought they were mostly taken down everywhere in the country. Guess I was very mistaken on that.
Germany was restricted from the world market to buy tabaccos. So a lot of manufacturers were struggeling, especially the manufactures of "Zigarerren".
They looked for a new market to sell products that are "rolled" for their "Zigarerren"-machines and yes, they succeded.
Who invented the new product and how it is named in our days? The Germans don´t just invented the car but also...
... the tampon. (Btw the washing machine, also.)
Ich habe nie damit angefangen. Es war mir einfach zu teuer. Außerdem hatte ich Raucher in der Familie und es waren Dramen, wenn sie versucht haben aufzuhören. Auf der Arbeit sorgen Zigarettenpausen oft für Ärger, weil Raucher gern mal weg sind und Nichtraucher keine Ausrede haben mal eben eine Viertelstunde pro Tag zusätzlich Pause zu machen.
7:57 some pictures left it to our phantasy.
A white dressed person in the background looks seriously, a man hugs a woman, she looks very sad and he looks scared.
Can we talk about Americans and all kind of pills? I do not think that Americans have less addictions than Germans do - even if there is more smokers here than in the USA. Might be a topic for one of your next videos, too. Pills and especially the use of dietary supplements in both countries.
When I was in the USA the first time - in 1992 - there was more smoking over there than here in Germany. Ok, I was in tabacco land NC. There were people even smoking in supermarkets - and DIY-markets. Smoking was still possible in planes. And there was a big marketing connected with it - you e.g. got Camel Joe T-Shirts when you bought a ten-pack of cigarettes. Cigarettes were a lot cheaper in the USA than in Germany.
In the 20 years after that the USA was faster in restricting smoking than Germany was. When it is about restaurants - in the USA that are mainly places to eat - in Germany you go there, sit there and socialise.
I was the supplier of ibuprofen and effective cold medicine at work when I lived in Germany. I knew someone really wasn't feeling well if they sheepishly asked me for some pills. Then, they'd head home. In the us, most of us get very little if no sick time, so hopping yourself up on cold medicine and advil, then heading to work is standard. In Germany, i remember being told to go home in those situations and stay there.
Räuchermannchen are burning incence like incence sticks. You need small pyramids of incence to light up and put inside the Räuchermännchen. They are burning inside of the wooden guy and make him look like smoking his pipe.
If you want to cure ham or fish you need another special Räucherofen. Some old houses even got a chimney for that.
You take special wood, eg Birchwood and no incense sticks.
I don't know one restaurant here on Germany where I live that allows smoking inside. When I was a child yes. But not since a long time. And a Räuchermännchen has Nothing to do with smoking.
AGREE, It is forbidden to smoke in restraunts in Germany since 01.07.2008..thank God
The couple means that it is still allowed to smoke outside, which isn‘t allowed in most restaurants in the U.S. / in the summer you should enjoy your meal outdoors without the nasty smell of cigarette smoke from a table next to you...
Your information is not complete. I am nonsmoker but still have to watch out where I go for dinner.
There are restaurants in Berlin with a separate room or a big separate area for smokers.
Very good restaurants by the way. And the best bars in town are open for smokers as well.
Just because your area or your small village is free from smoking does not mean that all of Germany is without cigarettes.
Don't you have Shisha bars in your area?
Waterpipes smoking and people have food at the next table.
There is still lots of smoking in Germany at least in the cities.
@@doroparker1702 @alicia G. and @ann Stieler were talking about restaurants not bars. In german restaurants, if you offer food, then it‘s not allowed to smoke inside. Not that I like this rule, but it‘s currently still the case. I mean I would prefer a non smoking rule for all official places, including bars, parks, train stations and most important in restaurants outdoors etc. with harsh controls. Shisha bars can make excuses if you ask me. If someone want to visit one, he shall. As long as this is a restricted exception it would be ok for me.
But in my opinion, the german politics let smoking as it is, because otherwise lots of tax money would be gone. But the calculation is bad as we otherwise pay even more money for all diseases smoking causes...
@@doroparker1702 no I am not living in a small village. And I only pointed out that I have not seen it. Not, that there is no possibility for it. I don't call a Shisha bar restaurant. At the beginning there were some restaurants with separate rooms. But I also have not seen that personally in the last years.
Like I said. My personal observations. I don't know the laws about smoking in restaurants. I don't smoke myself and when I was young I really had problems in restaurants, bars and so on. I got really sick from the smell.
Die meisten in meinem Alter (20-30) rauchen nicht oder nur zu Anlässen, wie Barbesuche oder Partys, man nennt sie auch "Gelegenheitsraucher". Ich rauche täglich mehrere Zigaretten und finde mich oft in Diskussionen darüber, dass das reines Gift sei, die Langzeitschäden, wie man mit dem Rauchen aufhört, wie gut es einem ohne rauchen geht. Tatsächlich können sich die meisten in meinem Alter keinen Partner vorstellen, der regelmäßig Tabak raucht, da es beim Küssen stört. ;) :D Man muss aber auch bedenken, dass gleichzeitig die Zahl der Deutschen (vor allem Jugendliche), die Cannbis rauchen, steigt. Statistiken dazu sind nicht sonderlich genau, da Anbau, Verkauf und Besitz illegal sind.
Ist alles irgendwie Mist Rauchen (auch Gras) Saufen und Poppen mehr Interessen hat die Jugend wohl nicht mehr
Yeah, really sad how much smoking is still tolerated in public. There is an influential tobacco industry in Germany... Tobacco growers in the South-West, tobacco processing equipment manufacturers in the North...
I don't smoke, never have... I am in Austria, and FINALLY smoking in restaurants was forbidden
Topic you could do next, as it is related are joints! You see it ALL THE TIME in US sitcoms, that youngsters smoke joints and it's like a normal illegal thing to do... I have NEVER heard of this in Austria / Germany... it's not part of the culture and it doesn't pop up in sitcoms or movies like it does in the US... so you could take the smoking topic a step further and compare, if the difference in smoking regular cigarettes compared to the illegal smoking of joints are also different in the two countries. As I do think, that the joint issue in the US contributes to these differences.
Just my humble opinion. Would love to see a video of you "dissect" this topic :)
Moira Gores In the shared flat where I lived with other students while studying at a German university, you could get high just by breathing the air in the communal kitchen on some evenings. Joints were very common there. So maybe it depends on your social circles if you come in contact with them or not
@@Aine197 That could be of course! :D But in the German TV you just don't really see this pop up quite as naturally as you do in US TV? Or is that just me? Who knows! It still would make for a great topic, as I've always felt there was a difference between the US and Austria / Germany... but as you say, maybe my circles just never included people who do smoke joints and I just never watched TV shows that displayed it?
Americans are obsessed with weed. And that's coming from a Dutch person. Weed has been tolerated for a long time in the Netherlands (not legalized, unlike what many foreigners seem to think), but it doesn't have the same cool vibe as in the US. People who smoke weed regularly are seen as losers by many people whereas Americans often brag about it. My friend lived in the US for a while and she had never met so many people who smoked weed. And it's illegal (not in every state, but it was where she was staying). In the Netherlands you can buy weed legally, but there's a reason most coffeeshops are in Amsterdam or close to the border. Most people going there aren't Dutch.
@@moiragores1226 they cannot show weed on German TV.
It is still illegal to smoke weed and until some years ago it was even a felony to have some weed in your pocket. Now some grams in your pocket are too little to sue you. Still selling and consuming is illegal.
Does not mean you can not buy it in Germany. Just walk in a park in Kreuzberg in Berlin and the guys will offer you whatever drugs you might want.
Mostly it is groups of guys with dark pigmented skin. They even offer drugs to parents with small kids.
There are taxis who bring the drugs to your home. It is like ordering a pizza delivery. Cocaine taxi was named in the newspapers recently. Big profit during Corona times.
In 2019 the german governments tobacco tax income was about 14 Billion €. I guess, that's one of the reasons, why the politiciants don't fight it that hard. But we all know, that a prohibition will rise the crime.
Think about the prohibition in the US. Stay save and healthy.
addiction - nicotine indeed is a drug at highest addiction potential. I remember a twelve year old girl who used to say: O, it' s easy to stop smoking. I already stopped ten times.... (of course not by word, just describing the problem of addiction) Ok, smoking is illegal for 12 y old girls, but many teenagers just start smoking. Meanwhile it's better.
My mother (born 1932) told me, that she was told as child that "A German girl don't smoke and a German girl don't wear Make-up"
- I have never smoked, and probably never will. But I think I can make an exception at some point for weed. But for weed as well I never want it to become a regular thing. Weed, something the US is also crazy scared of.
- One thing I liked about smoking is that bars and cafes smelled better and less like piss.
- I have been to both Aldi north and süd. Never known they were different
As to the "crazy scared about weed" part, 11 US states give you the opportunity to smoke pot for recreation. Whereas in Germany there are ... let me double check ... zilch.
I am like you. Never smoked and never will. I am 74, but sometime when I'm near 80, I'm going to try to smoke some weed just to see what it is like. I'll be so damned old it can't hurt me to be addicted, if that happens! Weed is the forerunner to harsher drugs. Only a low number of people graduate to stronger drugs, but those that do have absolutely ruined lives. By smoking it, you take a chance. It depends on your own body and mindset.
6:01 This is the first time in my 33 years of life in Germany, as a smoker, that I have ever heard this hypothesis (not even as a joke amongst smokers), so my guess would be if that is truly a circulating opinion on why Germans smoke, it must come from outside of Germany.
There are all kinds of things Germans do or don't do because of the Nazis, smoking isn't one of them.
The Thing is... in Germany People smoke tobacco but in the US many people chew tobacco. I don't know if it's the same in theory but it is something to consider while comparing Germany with the States. :)
Well, only 2.4% of Americans use smokeless tobacco which includes chewing tobacco as well as snuff and dissolvable products. Doesn't compare to Germans smoking 😊
You can see the data here: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/smokeless/use_us/index.htm#adult-national
@@PassportTwo thank you! 😊
I was in Missouri for a year and everyone chewed tobacco there haha so the 2.4% are probably all in that State 😂
What i found shoking moving to Germany was the large streetside tobacco advertising, something that is illegal in Belgium, i remember when the law was passed and Sporting events like formula 1 could no longer be hosted in Belgium anymore bc of sertain teams being sponsored by Marlboro or camel.
Btw, if you think germans smoke a lot... Go visit France or Italy... Here i think smoking must still be seen as cool, bc so many still smoke.. At least that was my observation, i could of course be wrong number wise? 🤔
I think the countries with the lower education levels are the ones who smoke the most. I think you see that in Germany with all the Middle Eastern immigrants. I've never seen a young one without a cigarette.
At first, I am no smoker to cigarettes, the machine was first used to identify that you are at least 18 years old using the bank card. Whether that is true today, I can't tell you. From your video. As I said, I don't need Marlboro or anything like that. I don't pay much attention
My theory is that post WWII we as Americans delivered soo much cigarettes to Europe and people started smoking Lucky Strikes and other brands. While we were in transition of going away from smoking, we brought smoking to higher levels to Europe just near the end of the Cold War. "I don't know for it for a fact, I just know it is true" haha
I think we, as Americans, are sort of innocent in this. I remember in the 1960's when I was in the Army, I didn't smoke but I would buy cigarettes for my young German friends and just hand them out in an act of friendship. I thought I was making them happy, and yes they were! They appreciated me doing that. I didn't realize though that I was helping to set them up for a lifetime of addiction. An American handing cigarettes to Germans right after the war was an act of friendship and solidarity. Who knew we were doing something wrong at the time?
i smoke every month or two a smoking pipe or a shisha or a cigar ... well when im out for a beer in a bar or pub and i buy a pack of cigarillos its possible that they are gone that evening but than i stop again for a moth or two ....
but yes when i grew up in the 80s as a kid ther ewas no big deal or age check when you whant to buy a smoke the 12 year old did it on the buss stop to school ... it was forbidden it was cool ... but it got better the last 20 years
I experienced the best hypocrisy in a store, what also sells cigarettes and where they were concerned, how I wear my mask.
In Germany we have "partyraucher". People that onley smoke if they are drunk and make party.
Where do you find the smokers ? Since they are banned from restaurants about 10 years ago, it's really only a limited number of public places. A difference from 20% to 30% is really not that dramatic. Maybe Americans are faster in getting rid of old, and adapting new habits. Compare the consumption of pot or vaporizers, maybe it's the reverse ?
Holger, where do you live? Sounds good if nobody smokes there.
All big cities in Germany are full of smoking people throwing their burning cigarettes on the ground where ever they walk.
Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, Hannover all those cities you can not walk without getting smoke in your lungs. There is even more smoking going on in parks. Marihuana everywhere.
@@doroparker1702 I'm from Dresden. But your information might be biased, cause the smokers have to get outside, to smoke.
All the non-smokers stay inside, so what you see in the streets is not representative.
At restaurants, concerts, sport events, in the trains and busses, in public buildings, at most jobs, smoking is prohibited at least inside. MAybe a bricklayer is allowed to smoke open air.
I hardly get in contact with smokers. As more educated people are, as less they smoke.
At universities, among students, it is very rare. In jobs, where you wait long and kill some time, like soldiers, they tend to smoke more.
Long time unemployed people, tend to smoke.
From German view, it's getting less and less, the same as in US, maybe it started later or it goes down slower.
I found a good chart on this:
(It's share of smokers male/female)
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@@holger_p Well, my friends and family don't smoke. I don't smoke, too.
Maybe you are right and most people on the street have a cigarette outside before or after entering a building.
It is disgusting though when I pass a bus stop or when I go along a shopping street.
So many smokers having a cigarette on the sidewalk.
It is much better on small streets where nobody walks but me.
@@doroparker1702 And now imagine Americans just don't use sidewalks and busses, they sit more in their cars and you don't see them ;-)
Especially waiting situations, like for the bus, are inviting for smokers. It's only replaced by playing on the cellphone.
Don’t forget the Weißwurstäquator 🤣
Uh oh...going to have to research this now! 😅
@@PassportTwo Since Weißwurst is involved in that research, make sure it´s done before noon, or you will have the bavarians at your door with torches and pitchforks! ;)
@@sefribu4159 FUNNY!!!!
Interesting fact: post war when US GI‘s brought with them lots of cigarettes, smoking became „cool“ in the 1950‘s and 1960‘s. My personal impression is, that up to the late 1970‘s to early 1980‘s smoking was on the rise, much more accepted and done. From the late 1980‘s generally smoking was on decline. Trivia: there are much more women / girls smoking today than men / boys. In my company at least 2/3 of the smokers are women. Regarding vending machines: you should have seen the amount of them in the 1970‘s. BTW I smoked from age of 14 (secretly) up to 32. The next 32 years I did not smoke a single cigarette. On the other hand I notice that non-smokers can get quite violent when the topic gets to smoking. Why? If someone wants to smoke, it is his f...ing own business. As long as he does not force others to smoke too. But why do non-smokers believe they can enforce others to stop / quit smoking? You are not superior, you don‘t own the world. Just relax, stay calm. Others have a right to live as they want to. Smokers aren‘t as militant as non-smokers. No one forces someone to smoke, usually a smoker does not mind if you don’t smoke. Keep cool and let everybody choose their kind of living. And yes, even if it includes smoking. .
Same applies to a lot of other areas of live. Problem is that most of the times people do have these opinions (live and let live) when there are downsides for the opposite side.
Think smoking, eating meat, being noisy in any way, drink alcohol...
Of course you can do all that. Freedom of choice. But with that freedom comes other people's opinion on it. Especially when it's an annoyance.
@@HD-ty8ng Well, of course it can be as you point out. But it has not to be so. If everybody would have reasonable respect for others and behave accordingly most problems would not occur. To smoke in the vicinity of non-smokers would be kind of rude. But if someone smokes in company with other smokers - so what? Problems start when a non-smoker walks to a smoker and demands him to stop. Why not just leave him alone? Sometimes I get the impression that violent non/smokers are on a kind of crusade, have a religious kind of attitude to missionise. Same with some Vegans. They somehow seem to feel superior.
@@darkredvan sure. When someone walks up to someone else and just demands them to stop, of course that's nonsense. I just meant that in case smokers and non-smokers are mingling, than I get that non-smokers might speak up since they feel not respected or overlooked. That's all.
Wow, learned something again. Didn't know that the Nazis had an Anti-Smoking-Campaign. Yes, Germans smoke way too much, especially younger people. The airport rules in the U.S. make sense, wish they were the same here. Smoking is unhealthy. And all the cigarette butts on the ground are simply disgusting. There's much to be done here. Period. And with Aldi? Nailed it again, folks. Love your blog.
Glad you enjoyed once again! 😊
The now 20 to 30 year olds smoke moch less than the 40 to 50 year olds. Smoking has decresed
They recently increased the fines for trowing the Butts on the ground but the Problem is no one is controlling it so People still do it
@@karinland8533 yeah but I think Weed is more popular and Middle Eastern Waterpipe Smoking and Vaping of course. Also Drink excessively
@@IcidLink I think there a to extrems the ones who do as you say and an increasing number who do not smoke or drink alcohol depends on the peers
From what I understand, the Nazis embraced meth big time. It wasn't called that back then but the slang word was supposedly "ice" and it helped the soldiers stay awake for days. I don't know if it's true but thought I would mention it here to see whether it is true or not.
It was called Pervitin (and the soldiers called it "Panzer-Schokolade" [tank(er's) chocolate] oder "Stuka-Pillen"). Pervitin could be legally bought even in the 1950s, although already in 1940 quite heavy unwanted side effects became obvious.
@@ReisskIaue I had read that in a history piece one time. Thanks for following up on that. I'm not sure, but I believe Hitler started out on that stuff and then "graduated" to stronger drugs.
I know it's so weird...I like the smell also...
2 aquators ? i think there are more .....
Germany does not have branded cigaretts anymore? Switzerland has brand cigaretts but they have grafic pictures on them aswell. Plus teenagers can buy cigaretts at the age of 16.
Yes but the brand name is only as a small text on the package right? 7:55 The pictures they show in the video also have a "brand" text on the lower half of the package
There's still brand names placed rather prominently on German packages. I guess just the same as in Switzerland or Czech Republic. The boxes shown in the video are not german packages but rather general design specimens from a random image database or maybe from a completely different country like France, idk.
German packages look like this: zedaco.de/media/image/95/a8/cf/reemtsma-header-2_1280x1280.jpg
I really missed a tax comparison. In the US the tax is 29%. How high is it in Germany? Bet you a nickel it's higher.
I think you are talking about income tax? If so, it does seem that taxes are higher in Germany, but there are way too many variables to say that generally and to say US tax is 29%. For example, in Texas, you don't have any state income tax but you do pay federal income tax but in most other states you pay state AND federal income tax. Taxes in California and taxes in Arkansas are also COMPLETELY, almost to the point of uncomparably, different. Whether you are married, have kids, how much you make, etc. ALL impacts what percentage of taxes one pays on income. This is the same case in Germany and in Germany, you even have other taxes like whether or not you go to church that impacts how much one pays in taxes. So, sure, I would say that taxes are higher in Germany generally speaking, but there are so many individual exceptions it is hard to make a general statement like that. 😊
@@PassportTwo Ah sorry, I meant tax on a pack of cigarrettes. Which you talked about for America in the episode, but not for Germany.
Hitler - non smoker, Croucho Marx - smoker, your choice. Geräuchertes hält sich länger. ;-)