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Shops to be banned from displaying tobacco products
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For smokers, non-smokers or shopkeeper, I can't see how this useless piece of legislation can benifit anyone. Is this just another example of barking mad big brother propaganda?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I don't believe that plain packaging or hiding it under the counter will prevent anyone from taking up smoking if they wish. In fact having things hidden away would be more likely to make it seem more intriguing to young people, and plain packaging would make it easier to produce counterfeit products.
The fact that the tobacco industry spends millions of pounds a year advertising its products, and on ensuring that pack designs are the most attractive for the consumer, it is patently obvious that such tactics are successful in attracting purchasters to their own brand.
Look at Paracetamol. No-one advertises it, they occasionally alter what is a very basic pacxkaging concept - because it is a ubiquitous product which does not require advertsing and packaging to sell it to consumers.
Therefore there is a considerable argument for removing cigarattes from display as a means to deter people from smoking - it is a potentially life-saving concept,
Look at Paracetamol. No-one advertises it, they occasionally alter what is a very basic pacxkaging concept - because it is a ubiquitous product which does not require advertsing and packaging to sell it to consumers.
Therefore there is a considerable argument for removing cigarattes from display as a means to deter people from smoking - it is a potentially life-saving concept,
there are bigger priorities to tackle - for example putting some funds into councils.
My council, Cornwall, are now cutting back on the recycling skips in supermarkets, trying to get the chains to fund them. Sainsbury's have refused and, in a fit of pique, the Council have withdrawn all facilities other than charities. We have an enormous issue with waste and fly-tipping in our lanes (and this is just not Cornwall - but given it is a county dependent on tourism......), never mind the condition of the roads.
Now, this mroning there was a report that they are reviewing their 250+ public toilets and thining of closing most of those.
Mucking around with the brand and presentation of smoking materials, without making the sale illegal, is small beer and irrelevant.
My council, Cornwall, are now cutting back on the recycling skips in supermarkets, trying to get the chains to fund them. Sainsbury's have refused and, in a fit of pique, the Council have withdrawn all facilities other than charities. We have an enormous issue with waste and fly-tipping in our lanes (and this is just not Cornwall - but given it is a county dependent on tourism......), never mind the condition of the roads.
Now, this mroning there was a report that they are reviewing their 250+ public toilets and thining of closing most of those.
Mucking around with the brand and presentation of smoking materials, without making the sale illegal, is small beer and irrelevant.
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