Countries with the most pipe smokers

Thomas Harcourt

unread,

Apr 28, 2006, 1:01:02 PM4/28/06

to

Curious if any know what country one can expect to see the most pipe
smokers on the streets. I know in Canada it is very rare.

Maybe Germany or Denmark? Can any world travellers remark on this
subject?

Mark Z.

unread,

Apr 28, 2006, 1:16:46 PM4/28/06

to

I had heard that Denmark has the highest per capita of pipe smokers but
I cannot readily find any thing on the web to back this up.

Mark Z.

Lars Wiberg

unread,

Apr 28, 2006, 1:31:41 PM4/28/06

to

On 28 Apr 2006 10:16:46 -0700, "Mark Z." <Jack2...@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

>> Maybe Germany or Denmark? Can any world travellers remark on this
>> subject?
>
>I had heard that Denmark has the highest per capita of pipe smokers but
>I cannot readily find any thing on the web to back this up.

We may have the highest percentage of pipe smokers, but they sure as
heck don't stand out much. Judging from my long walks in the inner
city of Copenhagen when I still lived there, I hardly ever saw any
pipe smokers. Not saying they're not there, they're just not posing
with the briar much as far as my experience goes.

But who knows - they might start popping up again.

--
With kind regards,

Lars
- http://southend.dk/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pibeloggen/

Mark Z.

unread,

Apr 28, 2006, 1:44:11 PM4/28/06

to

>We may have the highest percentage of pipe smokers, but they sure as
>heck don't stand out much.

I think there should be two stats:

Pipe smokers who smoke in public &
'Closet' pipe smokers. Those who smoke only in their homes.

I would guess the percentage of the latter is much greater than the
former.

Mark Z.

unread,

Apr 28, 2006, 2:15:52 PM4/28/06

to

Well, with the general 'stigma' of smoking in public and with the
ever-increasing number of cities and countries banning smoking in
public, you probably won't see many. In addition to closet pipe
smokers, you have other puffers who consider pipe smoking an 'easy
chair activity' as having to carry and diddle with pipes, tobaccos, a
tamper, matches/lighter and pipe cleaners to be inconvenient in public.
Then, once the pipe is lit, you have to tend to your fire.

But regarding the country with the most pipe smokers here's one
reference below. But I'm thinking, how does anyone really research
pipe smoking? I don't recall ever being questioned or having to
supply information on any forms that I am a pipe smoker. <g>

"In 1950, Jorgen Halberg created the Mac Baren name and within a few
years, this became the best-selling pipe tobacco in Denmark, a country
with the highest number of pipe smokers per-capita in the world."

The way it reads to me is that Denmark CURRENTLY has the highest number
of pipe smokers per-capita in the world and not in 1950 (but maybe it
was true then as well).

Source: http://tinyurl.com/lrzxg

But what is their source for this statement?

Mark Z.

vapourst...@gmail.com

unread,

Dec 19, 2014, 6:28:38 AM12/19/14

to

I think in Canada and USA you can see number of smokers on the streets.Vapourstix on 640 Danforth Ave provides quality e-cigs and e-juices.http://www.vapourstix.com

Tabak Piper

unread,

Dec 19, 2014, 1:26:28 PM12/19/14

to

Always heard it was Denmark. I live in East TN. More smokers in the South in general.....but I rarely see another pipe man (or woman). I smoke my pipe in public all the time. I get many compliments.........mostly from younger guys. Stuff like "hey, nice pipe". Comments from women (and I get them) are usually directed at the smoke ("Mmmmmmm, your pipe smells nice") I think Twain was right when he said:
"Everyone wants to smoke a pipe, problem is no one know how"