A 50g tin of Dunhill EMP cost 37 USD here. You can purchase that at two shops, who also sells it online so add shipping to it aswell, about 6-7 USD. Those two shops are in the capital OSLO.
When I was 14-15 (20 years ago), I can remember several specialist tobacco stores, that sold Cigars, pipe tobacco etc. My aunt used to know the ones who had the local one, so I spent some time in them. When my aunt in her later years got sick so she could not make dinner I used to go there to pick up meals for her as they also do food.
Im not sure about how many pipe-makers we have now, certainly not alot but it used to be alot more and pipe-smoking was apart of the culture here as it is so close to Denmark i suppose and most of the mens did work at boats from early age before coming back. I dont know where they bought them but to see men in their 50-60s smoke pipes was just normal. I had a lot of people around who where pipe smokers when growing up. Now its not normall at all.
My county is very big and famous all over Norway for moonshine. I did not drink anything else growing up and into my early 20s, but now its allmost not obtainable anymore. The fines and penaltys are to high to risk it, and people travel more to Sweden to buy alcohol. The reason for this is that to buy alcohol, you need to go to "Vinmonopolet" which is translated as wine monopoly. The state here has monopoly on liquer sale. And their shops are in the bigger populated areas
Its (was) common to buy alcohol from Polish and Russian truck drivers, and vodka smuggled in from eastern europe.
Some years ago, it was a big load of vodka containing etanol that got sold. Resulting people who drank it to die. You could read about this from time to time and the police warning about "now its another batch of bad alchohol on the loose", I think it is just fabricated to scare people off buying it.
I have not seen the vodka or whiskey essences in grocery shops for 10 plus years.
This politics has resulted in heavy binch drinking and criminalizing alcohol, smuggling etc The gouverment tax on a JW Red is about 80%
Last year it was a hearing in the parliament, that tobacco should only be marked with warning. The packaging should not reveal the maker but have a anonomys packaging and colour. You have two choices, either rolling or sigarette`s. Of course, specialist tobacco as pipe tobacco will not be obtainable.
If i would strictly follow the law and policy at work, I have to leave work, go home, change clothes, smoke, change clothes, drive to work. And that would be in my lunch break. The only problem is that you are not allowed to leave work during work hours
Later this year, Michael Moore is coming with a new documentary about the relationship between the riches country in the world, Norway and USA. Its about free health care etc. Well, its not free I pay 36% tax. The trailer wich can bee seen on youtube show clips from the newest hospital in Norway and happy workers and patients. He just happen to miss the part about our elders that saved the nation from Nazi-Germany and guided the king to safety who is dying in toliets cause its not enough rooms or institutions to take care of our sick/old people and the funding for healthcare is massively cut every year cause of other priorietys.
You can vote from the age of 18. In secondary school it is a youth vote, or at least we had it. When i was in 9th grade the teacher said, "Ok, lets go now, everyone vote for labour party, then we come back and finish the lesson. Just get this over with"
In some african and arabic countries they put posters up,and hand out leaflets, how to go to Norway and to get most out of the welfare money and how the system works.
Its not about tobacco or alcohol anymore, its about control
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