I don’t mean to sound cynical - and remember that I am an adamant anti smoker, no one was more pleased than me when the smoking ban came in 18 months ago - BUT by hiding cigarettes & tobacco products under shop counters will surely only make smoking seem ‘cooler’ and more ‘underground’ to rebel teenagers than ever before.
I know when I was at school; the smokers were those who were deliberately trying to be rebellious and bad, by doing something illegal rather than being attracted by the pretty colours on the boxes displayed so prominently on shop counters. Surely today’s teenagers are even more streetwise than they were 10-15 or so years ago, and if smoking, or getting hold of cigarettes, is more of a challenge and therefore naughtier than before, teens are just as likely to start/continue smoking!
I think it is a rather naive strategy...but we’ll see!
Ruth
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