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November06,2007"cigarette warnings"
Fall break was long, but amazing. it ended up being only five of us, and together we made our way from Istanbul down to Selçuk, then up to Bergama, then back down to Marmaris where we caught the ferry to Rhodes. because i have lots of pictures that i'd like to share, and because of limited time this week, i will post separate blog entries about each place we went to before i leave this Friday morning for Mykonos and Delos.
but for now, i will take a break from my travels to show you how other countries warn their smokers on the cigarette cartons.
basically i had never noticed the Greek cartons because i'm not a smoker at all and frankly, would never have bothered to look at them until the fluorescent lighting on the duty-free cigarettes at the airport caught my eye. i regrettably did not take a picture of the Turkish cigarette cartons, but they're basically the exact same in font size and type, just in a different language. some of the warnings were hilarious and blunt, and if i were a smoker, i'd collect them for fun. these aren't the most funny ones i saw, but i promise that next time i'm back at the airport (in two weeks!), i will collect the other warnings and post them. 
i will start with Istanbul sometime very soon, possibly tomorrow.