Cross-Cultural Smoking Etiquette

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I think it's impolite to ask anyone to stop smoking in a place where smoking is allowed, foreigner or not. Honestly, if I would have been those two girls (no dirty thoughts!) I would have asked the nonsmokers if they could eat somewhere else. OK, probably not...but I would have thought it!

Yeah, yeah -- I know, second hand smoke and whatnot. There is a difference. So what's a health-obsessed American to do when traveling somewhere where almost everyone smokes? Deal with it.

I was a vegetarian for a while, but ended up giving it up because it caused too much trouble while traveling. I didn't want to have to be constantly conscious of where and what I could eat. Sure, it's possible, but I found that the limitations outweighed the health benefits.

For me, travel is about adaptability, and not eating meat or crying every time someone does something that offends me or I don't agree with goes against that.

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