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From: Denc 🗡
Winston spinning…. Cigars face extinction under Labour ‘nanny state’ attack Ban on traditional packaging could lead to ‘total wipe-out’ of industry, tobacconists claim Cigars face disappearing from Britain within a matter of years under “nanny state” health plans to make smoking less attractive. Health ministers are considering fresh proposals to ban them unless they come in plain packaging with graphic photographs, similar to cigarettes. It threatens to outlaw centuries-old artwork that adorns the boxes and bands of authentic handmade cigars, sold largely by small family businesses that have long been exempt from onerous packaging rules applied to corporate tobacco giants. The proposals have caused uproar across the industry, which fears the rules will cut off imports to Britain. Tobacconists are warning the rules will put them “out of business” for good and lead to a “total wipe-out” of the sector within a matter of years.

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Winston spinning…....[more]	Denc 🗡	14:48:41
>> Day by day, week by week, the restrictions on ordinary people tighten like a ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:04:50
>> Yep. As I have said before, being told to sort your rubbish into 7 bins or ... [more]	Denc 🗡	15:15:13
>> Straw goes in green waste bin, which is £42 a year extra	Hamsterwheel	15:33:15
>> New straws, no boilers, no a/c, the continued destruction of the economy by ... [more]	Denc 🗡	15:47:14
>> When I gave up smoking i promised myself I would buy a box of cigars for my 80th ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:50:02
>> Mate of mine left a half box of 'Cohibas', the little ones, at our place years ago....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:32:02
>> That is insane.......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:40:19
>> We sell cigars. I can’t believe how expensive they are.	Denc 🗡	15:49:05
>> So 3 boxes a week say, £ 6,800 p/a.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:41:50
>> Postponed to 90th	Denc 🗡	15:21:21

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