So I read this article about how retail displays of cigars have an impact on people who are trying to quit smoking. You can imagine there are effects, even for people who are not even giving thought on starting (to smoke). Interviewees say that seeing displays of advertisements and the actual thing on convenience stores and the likes makes it so hard to quit smoking because the imagery those in-your-face temptations provide just reminds them about everything they like about smoking. And I’m sure it’s quite not practical to give up buying stuff from such establishments just because they have inviting cigarette packs lying around. But that’s business. It’s a tricky thing to judge people making a living at the expense of other people’s health. It’s a two-way street, although human nature seems to win most of the time, and not always in our best interests.
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