Kosovo has not been part of the Eastern European sex trade that has flourished since the collapse of communism, but the lure of a 45,000-strong army has made it a new business. Naked World Burkina Faso women break their silence on forced vows Gender equality is guaranteed under the 1991 constitution, but in practice, change has come slowly for the largely rural, illiterate populace. I was vaguely aware of being surprised that his beard wasn't yellowed by nicotine. A row of four smokers to my right leaned forward to look at me. The smokers I talked to felt pretty much the same way nonsmokers feel about smoke-filled rooms and clothes that smell like ashtrays.
Smoking rooms are just one more disgusting thing about it.
Only one man mentioned it, a P.R. firm owner named Peter. You see people stopping to stare with their kids. Christ, people, I'm smoking. I'm not shooting up in front of your children. Other than him, the smokers I spoke with preferred the open feeling of glass walls to the closed-in feeling of solid ones.