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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_In_Philly" data-source="post: 272691" data-attributes="member: 1907"><p>Get your lynching ropes ready:</p><p></p><p>I don't necessarily disagree with this. </p><p></p><p>Lets be honest, smoking cigarettes is bad. It is a personal choice, and I don't think that the government should force smokers to quit, or exile smokers from public society, but I do think we should make every effort to make sure that kids don't smoke and don't develop an interest in smoking cigarettes. It is precisely this market - younger kids, that is most susceptible to advertising and product placement. Out of sight out of mind - cliche, but true. </p><p></p><p>As someone who lives in state where not only can I not buy a bottle of wine from a supermarket, I can only buy it from a State run store, and where I can only buy beer at a dedicated store, and even there only by the case, I am content that tobacco can still be sold in places like drug stores and supermarkets. If I have to seek out my pouch of Prince Albert from behind a counter to keep that pack of Marlbros out of some 16 year old kids hands, I am ok with that. </p><p></p><p>What does concern me is the downward trend. I agree that it is a slippery slope, but lets be honest, we already started slipping down that slope a long time ago. This one doesn't seem like a battle worth fighting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_In_Philly, post: 272691, member: 1907"] Get your lynching ropes ready: I don't necessarily disagree with this. Lets be honest, smoking cigarettes is bad. It is a personal choice, and I don't think that the government should force smokers to quit, or exile smokers from public society, but I do think we should make every effort to make sure that kids don't smoke and don't develop an interest in smoking cigarettes. It is precisely this market - younger kids, that is most susceptible to advertising and product placement. Out of sight out of mind - cliche, but true. As someone who lives in state where not only can I not buy a bottle of wine from a supermarket, I can only buy it from a State run store, and where I can only buy beer at a dedicated store, and even there only by the case, I am content that tobacco can still be sold in places like drug stores and supermarkets. If I have to seek out my pouch of Prince Albert from behind a counter to keep that pack of Marlbros out of some 16 year old kids hands, I am ok with that. What does concern me is the downward trend. I agree that it is a slippery slope, but lets be honest, we already started slipping down that slope a long time ago. This one doesn't seem like a battle worth fighting. [/QUOTE]
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