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Anecdotally I think Europeans are more likely to self medicate with alcohol and cigarettes rather than prescription pills which are more common in the USA. In
by nemo44x 10y ago
Anecdotally I think Europeans are more likely to self medicate with alcohol and cigarettes rather than prescription pills which are more common in the USA.
In my experience the culture around having a few drinks after work and even having the occasional cigarette is far more relaxed in the European countries I've been to than just about anywhere in the USA.
But as I've said, I have zero evidence that any of this is even true - just my observations however well travelled I am.
- duggan 10y agoIn any of the companies I've worked with or visited in my times in the US (SF, specifically), lunchtime drinking was pretty common, and practically unheard of in my European experience. Like yourself, I wouldn't want to extrapolate a broader trend from that, just providing a counter-anecdote. Think on smoking we've probably had a similar experience though. I don't think I even know an American that smokes (cigarettes), let alone seen it at a workplace. In Europe, it'd be weird if there weren't a couple of people in any office that didn't have an obvious habit.
- not_kurt_godel 10y ago> I have zero evidence that any of this is even true - just my observations Observations are evidence. You meant that you had no non-anecdotal evidence.
- Retra 10y agoMany Americans are highway-bound and that has a large impact on American culture.