[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Terrible idea, I doubt it will even be that effective but that's not even the point. The government should stop thinking it's their job to protect people from themselves, people should have the right to choose to smoke if they so wish, trying to hide cigarettes away in the desperate hope that it will make people give up or not start is a stupid idea.

This isnt what they are doing though. They dont actually want people to stop. They would be fecked, moneywise.

They just need to appear to be doing stuff to make people stop. Afterall, surely if they were that concerned about peoples health, they would just stop selling cigarettes/tobacco all together.

Nah, they just have to LOOK like they are concerned, whilst hoping that the changes wont deter anyone.