He was saying that sarcastically

Moving to cigars first actually helped my father quit smoking completely

I think some cultures used it. We use the base 10 mainly because of our 10 fingers but if you start counting with 0 (counting the closed fist) you could easily count to 12 with your hands as well.

Zeitungen werden ja auch immer auf dem politischen Spektrum eingeordnet. Wo siehst du da die RNZ?