How many Times were Diplomatic Relations between Russia and Bulgaria Severed
If we look at history, there are not many cases in which relations between Bulgaria and Russia at the state level were as bad as they are at the moment.
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By Despina Koleva
Quitting smoking has topped many a list of New Year's promises. In most cases it has turned into a task almost as possible as shrinking from a size eight to a size four little black dress in less than two weeks.
However, Bulgarian MPs, in their infinite wisdom and acumen regarding the country's well-being, have found an effective method to deal with nicotine addiction. Thus, they have granted chain smokers a long desired New Year's gift-a powerful recipe on how to make the two-feet-under road yet a couple of miles longer.
They have raised cigarette prices by about EUR 0.50, a sum, which seems far from reasonable to Bulgarian smokers. Thus, many of the not-so-well-off tobacco users have an incentive to become heavy gum chewers. In this manner, it seems, the country's wholesale population will get a chance to improve its health. This is by no means an opportunity to be neglected or belittled.
However, we should not underestimate Bulgarian Parliament's exceptional brilliance. For behind the surface of this seemingly simple and prosaic scheme lurk intricate ideas.
Fewer smokers mean less trouble for the state as a whole. For example, Bulgarian hospitals have enough of a money problem to be able to treat effectively patients suffering from tobacco related diseases. Agriculture could develop by means of growing sunflower seed demand, as Bulgarians are known for regularly substituting one treat with the other, especially in their numerous short-lived attempts to say No to cigarettes.
The above are only a couple of the possible benefits of providing an incentive for the smoking part of Bulgarians to become nonsmokers.
Let us just keep our fingers crossed for it to prove more successful than last year's misfortunate attempt to limit smoking in public.
Quitting smoking has topped many a list of New Year's promises. In most cases it has turned into a task almost as possible as shrinking from a size eight to a size four little black dress in less than two weeks.
However, Bulgarian MPs, in their infinite wisdom and acumen regarding the country's well-being, have found an effective method to deal with nicotine addiction. Thus, they have granted chain smokers a long desired New Year's gift-a powerful recipe on how to make the two-feet-under road yet a couple of miles longer.
They have raised cigarette prices by about EUR 0.50, a sum, which seems far from reasonable to Bulgarian smokers. Thus, many of the not-so-well-off tobacco users have an incentive to become heavy gum chewers. In this manner, it seems, the country's wholesale population will get a chance to improve its health. This is by no means an opportunity to be neglected or belittled.
However, we should not underestimate Bulgarian Parliament's exceptional brilliance. For behind the surface of this seemingly simple and prosaic scheme lurk intricate ideas.
Fewer smokers mean less trouble for the state as a whole. For example, Bulgarian hospitals have enough of a money problem to be able to treat effectively patients suffering from tobacco related diseases. Agriculture could develop by means of growing sunflower seed demand, as Bulgarians are known for regularly substituting one treat with the other, especially in their numerous short-lived attempts to say No to cigarettes.
The above are only a couple of the possible benefits of providing an incentive for the smoking part of Bulgarians to become nonsmokers.
Let us just keep our fingers crossed for it to prove more successful than last year's misfortunate attempt to limit smoking in public.
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