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**sheppsea** · 05-05-2013, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by butternutsquashpie View Post

In Canadian corner markets, instead of doing this, we just make all the Ciggie boxes hidden behind white plastic blinders.

We have something similar in out supermarkets, and I think small businesses will need to implement it by 2015, although I'm not sure if this will apply to specialist shops.

It just drives me mad!

**nicwing** · 05-05-2013, 08:46 AM

It's on the way even for the specialists. No tobacco products in the window or visible from the street.

**butternutsquashpie** · 05-05-2013, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by nicwing View Post

It's on the way even for the specialists. No tobacco products in the window or visible from the street.

Oh yea, Its already like this over here. But they find other ways of advirting. Like putting a cigar indian in the window. Or putting humidors and lighter combos as well as a giant cigar painted on a sign.
The plain packaging thing isnt as easy to get around though..
They should just keep it at the blinders method as you mates have in the large stores.. For cigarettes only.

Besides, these laws are only to discourage cigarette smokers. Cigars just kinda HAVE to fall under the tobacco umbrella as well. Bloody shame that is......

**sheppsea** · 05-05-2013, 05:22 PM

Originally posted by nicwing View Post

It's on the way even for the specialists. No tobacco products in the window or visible from the street.

To be honest, I could live with that if that means that you don't need to walk into a specialists and have the cigars hidden behind blinds in the walk in humidor and such nonsense, as butternutsquashpie says there are ways round that by putting Humidors in the window etc

**AlexG** · 05-05-2013, 06:08 PM

Dodged a bullet here fellas. I know for my Aussie brethren back home this is something that really makes us spark up. Even worse that the attorney general in charge of the committee pushing for the plain packaging has quoted several times that her intentions were personal as her father died of lung cancer. So much for un-biased, objective politics that is in the general interest if the population eh.
The really nasty side isn't that we have dull green bands, but that several cigar specialists around the country have had to shut down operations, as its too much to ask for botl/sotl to pay top dollar for plain cigars, when they can get the real deal at 1/3 price overseas and there is a good chance it could slip past mr Aussie tax man. Good mate of mine is a cigar retailer, I spent a few late nights reassuring him that he would be able to continue to feed his family after the laws came in.
Ok, rant finished...for now

**nicwing** · 05-05-2013, 06:23 PM

Guys, this is only a short term reprieve. The revised Tobacco Products Directive is currently making it's way through the European Parliament and then it is possible there will be a change of UK government in two years time and then it could all kick off again.

**butternutsquashpie** · 05-05-2013, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by sheppsea View Post

as butternutsquashpie says there are ways round that by putting Humidors in the window etc

that's a plus one for using my retardedly long, regretfully chosen username!

Originally posted by nicwing View Post

Guys, this is only a short term reprieve. The revised Tobacco Products Directive is currently making it's way through the European Parliament and then it is possible there will be a change of UK government in two years time and then it could all kick off again.

If i know my European Cliches (as i'm a thousand kilcks away from mainland Europe so they're my only source of societal information), they can't limit cigarettes anywhere in that place! Despite the recession, the tobacco industry still remains strong there.. no?