French people have a reputation for smoking, but actually, these days, you can go for days, even weeks sometimes without encountering anyone in France smoking in your presence. Smokers are not the pariahs they have become in Australia but they are generally fairly discreet, and many people have managed to give up altogether, or swapped to vaping (which is indeed quite commonly seen in public).
In Australia on our recent trip I noticed very few people smoking, but I did notice a trend I hadn't spotted before. Everyone I saw smoking in Australia was doing so in their car. That is presumably viewed as a safe private space where one can indulge a habit which has become socially unacceptable.
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