Remove them… it might not stop hardened smokers from buying….. but it might seem less glamorous or the in thing to do for the next generation… :D
just the point i was trying to make :lol: :lol:
As I said before, since the advertisment ban came in here in Eire, there has been a huge difference in the attituted to smoking.
Just like Mrs Teapot said…….its not as glamorous as it used to be.
Jen, I do also agree with you, if smokers want to smoke, they will smoke old rope if they have too.
I agree that its not the advertisment of smokes that are making young people smoke or smokers in general.
But again (sorry now for repeating my self)…….The glamor has been taken away and I think in my opinion, that is what is going to help prevent a lot of teens deciding to smoke or not.
Just to add….Ive been smoking 20 years now. I was never aware of my smoking untill the advertisment ban came in. And since then, every week I make an atempt to stop :lol: :lol:
wait untill the same ban comes in over your side of the pond….and then come back and post here. bet you anything you will see a difference :wink:
Over here none of the shops at all are aloud to display advertisment for sigs.
in fact, there is absaloutly no sig advertisment at all, not on bus shelters or bill boards etc.
as for the under the counter thing??
every shop in Ireland has the sigs in a vending maching directly behind the till’s.
no bending down or distraction required.
I have to say, when it first came into effect in Ireland, I honestly didnt think it would make any difference at all.
but you would be surprised.
Not having sig advertisment all over the place really makes you more aware that you are a smoker, and it does actually make you think twice wanting to smoke.
The ban on sig advertisment puts smokers into a thighter box.
Instead of it being somthing that makes you look “cool” …the ban actually makes you feel like the addicted that smokers are.
Im a smoker.. 40 a day, and with out me even noticing it to much, I find my self smoking differntly since the advertisment ban came in.
So from my experience,….. it wil make a difference :wink: