[Caru y Nos]

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Originally Posted by ~invisible~girl~

For people trying to stop smoking, seeing cigarettes is quite likely to cause a craving, hence making it harder to stop.

I've got to agree with this point!! Thats also why they banned advertisements of cigarettes.

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Originally Posted by ~invisible~girl~

People who haven't started smoking yet are probably going to be less likely to buy cigarettes if they don't see them. I realize that many smokers probably got their first cigarette from a friend or whatever and may well have been addicted before ever buying them from a store, but I have to assume there's also some portion of people who do decide to buy some cigarettes to try, and those people at least would be less likely to start smoking if they didn't see cigarettes in stores.

Can't argue with that!!

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Originally Posted by ~invisible~girl~

Making cigarettes less socially acceptable would almost certainly be a good thing overall even if it kind of sucks for current smokers, in that it discourages people from starting smoking and provides additional motivation for current smokers to stop. Personally I find cigarette smoke extremely unpleasant, and I'm inclined to see that people who are smoking in settings where they're getting disgusted looks from others probably deserve those looks. Smoking somewhere that your smoke bothers other people is really a very selfish thing to do anyway, and it really shouldn't be socially acceptable at all.

It is rather selfish, its the equivalent of someone going around slapping you with a fish, its not fair on those who don't want to smoke. Although, the disgusted looks are only deserved if it is having a direct effect.

Otherwise, i very much agree with you.