Paris Roissy / Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) - Very Few Options for Food & Shopping, and a Terrible Smoking Area

Part of the reason I prefer to fly with Lufthansa as opposed to Air France is because of the main hubs for each. Luft's hub is Frankfort, an airport I rather like a great deal, while Air France's connection hub is Paris Roissy / Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), which I really do not like at all.

First off, all of my International connections seem to include layovers of more than 90 minutes. This means I have to hang out at strange airports for quite awhile before I can get to where I am heading. I am not very good at just sitting and twiddling my thumbs. I want food. I want shopping. I want easily accessible smoking areas. Aiiiight?

CDG is like strike 3 you're out, man. Well, ok so they do have smoking lounges in the terminals, but they are cramped little places which are not kept clean at all. I mean I'm a smoker and I hate going in there... it does not have to be like that. Copenhagen is not filthy at all and it has open smoking. CDG simply doesn't give a damn.

Shopping? They claim: Fashion accessories, jewellery, clocks, a travel shop, a stationery shop, sound and image electronics, Children's World, Gourmet Shop, lingerie, fashion, beach wear, perfumes, cosmetics, books, a chemist...shopping in the airport is wide and varied and endless. I say Bull. There is like one place in the terminals. It is Duty Free, but it is more of a kiosk than a store. The selection is barely big enough to keep my interest for 5 minutes, let alone an hour and a half. They very well may have lots of shops outside the terminals... if they do, I could care less. I am concerned with where I have to remain while awaiting my connection. Yanno? Big fat zero in the shopping department.