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How are adults supposed to shop for tobacco products when there’s no menu and everything is hidden behind drawers? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Yezzey@lemmy.ca to c/AskCanada@lemmy.ca

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I get the intent behind hiding tobacco products, especially for kids. But as an adult, walking into a store with no menu, no prices, and no visible options feels unnecessarily awkward.

You’re expected to already know exactly what you want. If you’re trying to switch to a lower nicotine or tar option, you don’t really have a way to compare or even know what’s available anymore.

As an adult, should you actually have the right to see what legal products are available before buying them?

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Love how every reply so far is condescending. It was a valid question and none of you had an answer.

[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some days I feel like Lemmy is full of incel antinatalists thinking they're gonna live forever because they don't drink or smoke. Gonna go search up the druggie communities for some good content.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

Only some days?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Internet has more info than what's on the packet alone.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Imagine going into a restaurant and not being able to see the food or read a menu. How do you know what to research. Do you just pray the restaurant has the specific food item you like?

Just to throw this out there a lot of us that smoke are ADD or ADHD I'm not saying it's healthy but a lot of us self medicate with a blend of nicotine, THC and caffeine rather than be on meth derivatives.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Actually a lot of new restaurants don't have menu, they have a QR code on the table and you use your phone to review. And before going to a restaurant I check google reviews, they have the website menu as well as pictures of the meals taken by patrons.

The point of purchase is not the place to do your health research, because that gets back to advertising issues.