Smokers - New Measures From 21/05/17

[choux]

From May 21, all packaging will be plain and every pack of cigarettes will be a shade of green.

It will no longer be possible to buy smaller packs of cigarettes.

You won’t be able to buy bags of rolling tobacco weighing less than 30g.

The cheapest pack of cigarettes on sale will cost £8.82.

Menthol cigarettes are also being phased out along with fruit, candy, spice, herb, alcohol and vanilla flavoured tobacco – but they won’t be banned until May 2020.

Fancy that! I am getting in extra stock now. My dear, local newsagents
gets my brand in for me especially. I have upped the order for the next couple of weeks ;)

[EDDIE51]

Anything that discourages children from starting smoking is to be encouraged. The current smokers are for the most part a lost cause, nothing will stop them short of death.
Every smoker I have ever known started at age 12 to 17 , never heard anyone who starting after their teens.
These measures are designed to make tobacco less 'glamorous' and 'attractive' for youngsters and stop them starting to smoke.
I would go further and ban even the brand name and makers name , just packing them as 'Cigarettes' ,'rolling tobacco' or 'pipe tobacco'
Manufactures would soon stop bothering to produce them.

[Mamyalynne]

I can't think of anything more vile than - fruit, candy, spice, herb, alcohol and vanilla flavoured tobacco.

Golden Virginia every time.

[Islay]

I started at 18 Eddie - there you go now you have heard of someone!!!
Also nice of you to wipe of a whole load of people!!

[Mamyalynne]

A friend of mine started in her 40s, firstly to deter mossies on holiday then carried on once home.

[Prudie]

If menthol cigarettes are being banned by 2020 I better start looking for a dodgy supplier,undoubtedly they will still be available. I wonder how you dogooders think the lost tax revenue will be replaced.

[B00]

As a shopworker I cannot begin to tell you what a pain this is.

Not only are the fags behind shutters (so you've try to memorise which shutter to open) the cigarettes packs themselves all look exactly the same. I'm just now getting to know where the 'popular' brands are on the shelves, but if someone asks for something that's not a good seller i'm goosed, takes me ruddy ages looking for them.

Hate it!

[B00]

oh, and it's also my fault we don't do 10's anymore...

[gness]

I never got bitten by mossies, Mamya....til I stopped smoking.....now every holiday is blighted....well was blighted.....
I brought 400 back from my last holiday....menthol.....and I shall stock up for future holidays....x

[anneasquith]

A step backwards health wise re 10 packs , smokers who can only purchase 20 pack will now smoke more than the 10 per day .

[Jackdaw33]

My mother was virulently anti-smoking. My father was banished to the kitchen if he wanted a smoke and I, who have smoked for the past 54 years, was in serious trouble if caught. At the age of 54 she suddenly took up the habit. Within a few weeks she was hooked. I thought I was a heavy smoker but she could smoke for England. 40 a day was no bother for her.

[choux]

Cigarettes in Ireland are now €14 a packet. When I visit my family I always take my own supply. Always makes my sister smile when I unpack that bag!

[whiskeryron]

//Question Author Cigarettes in Ireland are now €14 a packet. When I visit my family I always take my own supply. Always makes my sister smile when I unpack that bag!//. What is that in real money ?

[Jackdaw33]

I remember when Irish cigarettes were cheaper than UK ones.The brand name Carrol springs to mind. Also, when I started smoking you could buy them in packs of 5 which you eked out to last the day. 5 Woodbines cost 10d, just over 4p. What happy days.

[sunny-dave]

You must be on something exotic, choux - 10.50€ for bog standard Marlborough last time I looked - pretty much the same as the £8.80 here?

[ducksie]

€12 is about £8.80 it's close on €14 for the popular brands, my sister used to smoke Marlboro because they were cheapies

[choux]

Cheers for the confirmation, ducksie :)

[Jackdaw33]

I admire Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. A renowned chain smoker. Apparently she has two boxes by her side, one untipped and the other tipped, and alternates between the two.

[choux]

w/ron - about £11.89.
s/dave - I don't do bog-standard anything!

[ducksie]

You're welcome choux, I don't smoke but my sisters well make up for me, they were out with the ciggies at a wedding few weeks ago and moaning the ciggies were gone up to €14 even though they were only €11 after last budget, something to do with health and trying to stop people smoking

[sunny-dave]

Prices here :

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294952459+4294954139

Nothing near €14 for 20 ...

They do sell packs of funny sizes though ... 24/25/28/30 strange ...