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Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes
View Poll Results: Will the ban on displaying tobacco products be effective
Yes 2 4.76%
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Displaying tobacco products should be banned in all shops immediately to be effective 4 9.52%
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:26   #31
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Re: large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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What baffles me is that if i go into my local Tesco hypermarket the ciggies will be covered up ,if i go into a Tesco local shop they aren't .The delay in the legislation for smaller shops is supposed to be to give them more notice to effect the changes and meet the expense ,but no-one can tell me that Tesco or sainsburies ect need the extra time and no-one can tell me that building a cupboard or putting some doors over an existing display is going to be that expensive .

Maybe i'm missing a trick here ,should maybe look at branching out and building a few of these new displays
your too late mate i've just sold the gov the idea of a shoppers blind fold this way non of us will be able to see the forbidden fruit and the cost is just pence for a bit of old rag .
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:29   #32
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Re: large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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your too late mate i've just sold the gov the idea of a shoppers blind fold this way non of us will be able to see the forbidden fruit and the cost is just pence for a bit of old rag .
Damn you

Can you imagine it though ,all the kids are going facetubing each other about catching a glimpse of a pack of B&H
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Old 01-02-2025, 16:25   #33
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Re: large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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Sainsbury's and Morrisons are displaying adverts for tobacco products in their stores which Trading Standards says are against the law.

Video screens and posters promote devices that deliver nicotine by heating tobacco rather than burning it.

The two supermarkets say they believe the laws banning tobacco advertising do not apply to the devices.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxe40zky7o.amp
I'm glad I don't see the crap in my local Tesco express. It's disgusting. No health benefits at all
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Old 01-02-2025, 16:57   #34
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

13 year bump, impressive.

People can of course just ignore adverts.
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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13 year bump, impressive.

People can of course just ignore adverts.
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

The article is from today.
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Heated tobacco is different from vapes, which contain nicotine but no tobacco, and they are much less popular.
I suppose it comes down to whether it's a Tobacco product or a nicotine
product.
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1 Meaning of “tobacco advertisement” and “tobacco product”
In this Act—
“tobacco advertisement” means an advertisement—
(a) whose purpose is to promote a tobacco product, or
(b) whose effect is to do so, and
“tobacco product” means a product consisting wholly or partly of tobacco and intended to be smoked, sniffed, sucked or chewed.
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

Unfortunately these adverts are on large TV screens that you can't avoid
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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Unfortunately these adverts are on large TV screens that you can't avoid
I've seen the ads, but had no idea what the products were - thought they were the supermarkets own brand of vape to be honest. Got out of the nicotine game nearly 13 years ago so don't pay any attention anymore.
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Unfortunately these adverts are on large TV screens that you can't avoid
Well you could always not look at them.
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

Good idea but how much effect it will have is less certain.
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Re: Large shops banned from displaying cigarettes

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Good idea but how much effect it will have is less certain.
Why would they advertise if it didn't work in their benefit - large companies are not renowned for wasting money on things that don't work.
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Unfortunately these adverts are on large TV screens that you can't avoid
Must be me l can't recall ever seeing one only use two large supermarkets. One Tesco other Sainsbury's.
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Good idea but how much effect it will have is less certain.
I assume you're referring to the original issue in the title of shuttering away cigarettes, so they're not visible at the checkout.
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