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Cruzbb88 t1_j6z8wiv wrote

Reply to comment by Need_A_Vacation_2022 in [OC] The National Vice(s): Drinking and Smoking Rates by Country by whatweshouldcallyou

Seychelles, it's a small island nation off the cost of the middle Eastern part of Africa.

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kgunnar t1_j6zc9uj wrote

I wonder if the fact that it’s so tourism oriented brings up the alcohol figure, as they probably serve a large number of drinks to tourists. So the tourist consumption goes into the numerator but the tourist population doesn’t go into the denominator.

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Cruzbb88 t1_j6zcow6 wrote

Seeing how the islands population in 2021 was 99,258 and the amount of visitors they received in 2019 was 428 thousand I would say probably... Most definitely.

Edit: scratch that alcohol is just a very large part of their culture and most people home brew and on top of that it's very cheep to buy.

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kgunnar t1_j6zdblh wrote

It’s hard to know for sure since there’s no citation for the data source. If it’s strictly based on self-reporting then the latter makes sense.

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Need_A_Vacation_2022 t1_j6zck4d wrote

Thank you! I used to collect stamps; that’s the last time I recall hearing of the Seychelles

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