Remember when fags and tobacco was ON DISPLAY?

[sf1378]

Lol....its ridiculous. I was in Sainsburys on Wednesday and did see the blinds down on nearly all the displays at the kiosk in the distance and wondered why...I think its just stupid...

[darren]

i do think its a good idea if it stops people being influenced to start smoking.
this is one idea i do agree with.

[DemonEyeX]

Interesting idea at least,
I'd like to see the stats in a few years to see if it works at all.

[sf1378]

We may as well cover all the food up in supermarkets so it prevents people from becoming fat. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it?

[Sly]

I've never been influenced to start smoking, despite cigarettes and cigars being advertised and around me all the time when I was impressionable. People who want to smoke are going to smoke regardless of the visibility of smokes and no matter how expensive they get, people that want them will get hold of them. I think it's stupid. Like, highly stupid. That's the way legislation and laws are going unfortunately.

[Retrogames]

An old neighbour of mine was 'minorly successful popstar from ten years ago' Badly Drawn Boy. When he signed his first record contract he was chuffed as he said he could finally afford to take up smoking as he could afford it! Bet it costs a bomb now.

One of the few ways we have our taxation system right is the tax on smoking IMO.

[battyrat]

I gave up smoking about 5 years ago.The hardest thing I have ever done.It was not the packaging that tempted me in the first place to smoke but peer pressure from other people my own age and being with the "in gang" at the time.

I feel this is the same reason that many young people start to smoke is not to be left out and to become more a part of whats going on around them.Packaging may have little to do with it.But if it helps to cut down the amount of new people smoking then it's a foot in the right direction.

[darren]

well done mate by the way.

well if not putting them on display can even stop a few from smoking it will be worth it.

but yes eer pressure has a lot to answer for when it comes to smoking and not wanting to be lerft out.

everyone i knew smoked but i was never influenced to do it.

I gave up smoking about 5 years ago.The hardest thing I have ever done.It was not the packaging that tempted me in the first place to smoke but peer pressure from other people my own age and being with the "in gang" at the time.

I feel this is the same reason that many young people start to smoke is not to be left out and to become more a part of whats going on around them.Packaging may have little to do with it.But if it helps to cut down the amount of new people smoking then it's a foot in the right direction.

[sf1378]

Sly's hit the point home I was raising. The Govt's out of sight/mind idea behind this, like a lot of their ideas is stupid...I've actually seen a lot of newsagents still displaying their stock as normal....good for them.

I wasn't influenced to ever start smoking by anyone, but I do and still do, even after my Father got emphysema - when he was okay, his face would light up when he'd ask me for a fag after ages of not having one and then having that first draw on it...simple pleasures and all that.

I agree with the taxation levied on tobacco but it does annoy me as well - if hand rolling tobacco cost skyrockets then I will quit for good. I did get sick of factory pre-mades as the stench/taste was horrid - more chemicals and then there was the cost/daily trudge out to get a pack of 20....rollies are more cost effective on the whole lasting a lot longer - and thats both the pack itself and the slow burn of the rollie...

[HG]

Sly's hit the point home I was raising. The Govt's out of sight/mind idea behind this, like a lot of their ideas is stupid...I've actually seen a lot of newsagents still displaying their stock as normal....good for them.

The new rules only apply to large retailers for the moment, all retailers will have to follow them in a couple of years.