UK Will Require Stores to Hide Tobacco Products by 2015

[Grammie]

Here's the link to the article:

U.K. Will Require Stores to Hide Tobacco Products




I will try to get this thread moved. It should have been posted in Media and General News, sorry! (Thank you e-Joker!)

 

[Dusty_D]

We already have that here in Toronto, Canada. Costco had to put huge tarps in the cigarette cages, so that customers would not be able to see the product. Gas station shelves have little fold up covers that "hide" the products behind them. I believe this was implemented somewhere in 2009 or early 2010 here in Canada.

 

[rothenbj]

You know, once they move on to the new number one cause of preventable disease and dearth, obesity, it's going to look pretty silly walking into a Dunkin and Yum Yum store and not see anything but curtains! Notice I left off the "D" word which will need to be removed from our vocabulary to protect the children.

 

[Vocalek]

Seems to me that the object is to make buying at regular stores so inconvenient that everyone will move over to the black market where they can at least view the product in their dealer's trunk.

 

[JerryRM]

"Stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump

 

[Vocalek]

I think a better solution is for the store to provide blindfolds for the little kiddies when you enter. That way they won't be able to see tobacco products, or start screaming for mama to buy them a toy, or candy, or the "D" word.