Would Plain Packaging Cut Cigarette Sales?
The government is thinking of making cigarette companies sell their death in plain packets. The response of the companies is predictable and says that it will make their products easily to counterfeit. It probably will, but then there is every reason to cut cigarette smoking.
I said in a post a few weeks ago what I would do. If anything, I’ve got even more outrageous in my views.
The Anonymous Widower 
I really do not think that plain packaging will make any difference. People do not start smoking because of the packaging of the cigarettes, neither do they choose brand because of the packaging. My ex-smoker daughter is very packaging conscious, she did not start smoking because she thought the boxes looked pretty! She started because a friend who turned out not to be very nice after all bullied her into it when she went to away with the friends family. She chose brand because of the price. She knew we disapproved greatly, we didnt allow her to smoke in our house, in our cars, or in our presence. She stopped nearly a year ago.
Comment by liz | November 23, 2010 |