Cigarettes can no longer be displayed in stores in Ontario and Quebec

[Newsjock]

Source: Globe and Mail

Cigarettes will disappear by the end of the year in most parts of Canada.

Convenience stores across the country are facing new rules on displaying cigarettes that require them to keep the packages behind closed doors or in drawers out of public view.

The display ban is set to take effect in Ontario and Quebec tomorrow and follows similar moves that have already been adopted or are pending in other parts of the country. Newfoundland is the only province that isn't moving to ban retail cigarette displays.

... After Saturday's deadline, retailers in Ontario and Quebec will have to conceal cigarettes in drawers underneath the counter, or behind a series of opaque wall coverings that can flip up when a customer requests a package. The coverings should only expose one cigarette brand at a time and should be designed to flip down automatically after a clerk removes the cigarettes. Ontario retailers that don't comply could be fined up to $10,000 for a first offence and up to $150,000 for three or more offences.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080530.wlsmoke30/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

[johnnycatt]

1. Yeah, they don't display crack cocaine either

but i bet you can still get it there!

[Skink]

2. What about porn eh?

[johnnycatt]

3. It's only displayed to older women

[ChuckToddFacts]

4. ChuckToddFact.com

I don't smoke, but I do miss the smokey bars. It's not the same anymore.