Comment on MoD giving Ukrainian soldiers in the UK free cigarettes to 'boost morale'
geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
The key sentence being:
A source, familiar with the deal, told the Telegraph: ‘It is fair to say that smoking is going to be less of a threat to these brave soldiers’ lives than fighting Putin’s illegal invasion of their country.’
thehatfox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s also worth noting that smoking is more prevalent in Ukraine compared to countries like the UK. The smoking rate in Ukraine is 25%, and 40% amongst males, compared to 15% and 17% in the UK.