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Originally Posted by Swarly
Fine that is a reason you like this law. Is that the reason why it was passed. Seems to me if they want to limit the places to buy smokes they would do the opposite, only allow them to be sold in pharmacies as there are far fewer of those than not. Also if their goal is to limit the exposure of minors in a family grocery store, seems to me there are tons more kids at every 7/11 than I ever see in the stores.
Which leads to me seeing this as a pointless and irritating law with no point.
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Selling smokes in a place that is promoting wellness is hypocritical to me.
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I still cant get over how dumb the previous law was of covering up all the smokes. That in itself is a fine idea but they took it too far. I went into petro to buy some cigars so I asked the guy what they had. Well they arnt allowed to tell you that as it would be advertising tobacco products not even give you an idea of what they have in a price range. I left bewildered and a couple of pom poms because thats the only name of cigar I could think of.
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Research suggests that removing the display of tobacco products at the point of sale can help prevent young people from starting to smoke.
Selling cigarettes where candy and snacks are sold makes cigarettes seem normal to young people.
The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
reports that “in an Ontario survey of youth aged 11 to 18 years, 85% of respondents spontaneously recalled convenience stores as a place where they had seen cigarettes, over 75% said they visited convenience stores at least once a week, and over 40% spontaneously named at least one cigarette brand.”
Studies suggest that removing point of sale advertising such as power walls can help smokers try to quit and reduce relapses. A power wall is a wall of cigarette packages that is typically behind the counter wherever those products are sold. Removing power walls will eliminate a powerful trigger for impulse cigarette purchases.
http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/news/2008/053008.asp