Correct....
I just worked a few flights last week and spent a few days Layover in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan as well as Almaty, Kazakhstan and there were people smoking EVERYWHERE! Actually the customs guy that stamped my passport was smoking as I cleared customs!
While at a market in Kyrgyzstan one of my fellow crew members bought sealed packs of Marlboro Lights for 32 Cents a pack!!!! It was some sort of unbelievable if I didnt see it myself.
Out east, everyone smokes... no age limit. I have even seen children that look like they are 5 somking on the streets.