Before I moved to Switzerland I had thought that the country is super clean and its people are super duper health conscious ones. This theory failed when I came to Switzerland for a visit a year and a half ago and realized that a LOT of people are smoking in the streets, stations and basically everywhere. I was previously in Switzerland maybe 15 years ago so I did not remember too much and definitely did not remember about the smoke.
Living in the Netherlands spoil me from this point of view. Not so many people were smoking (minus the weed obviously) and on the stations there are designated areas where it's allowed. To be fair, there were a couple of occasions when I run into someone who was smoking when biking which was pretty annoying but other than that it was OK.
Here it's a different story. Apparently smoking is not allowed in most of the bars, although there are still a few where it is and the smoking areas in general are not very designated. When I first landed in Zurich and got out of the terminal, I almost got a shock when I smelt the smoke.
Before anyone would think it's the usual whining about the smokers vs non-smokers, I think it's fair to say that I am basically allergic to tobacco smoke (among others such as perfumes) and without judgement it's only my opinion.
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