Tobacco Ban

[Dave P]

Better stock up on that mint or wintergreen, because as of Sat..........she gone.

On June 1, 2015, the Alberta government will proclaim the remaining aspects of Bill 33 as well as Bill 206, which will:

•Require minimum pack sizes for specific tobacco products – eliminating smaller, more affordable options; and
•Ban certain flavoured tobacco products.

I wonder if The Northerner will still be able to sell.

I think its bs anyways. Im over 30. If I want a tin of Cope WG, I should be able to damn well buy one haha.

Maybe enforce the min age laws harder.

Then again, maybe its a good reason to give it up, as $30/tin is getting up there hahah

[lil*tymer]

You're just better off doing a run to Montana anyways. You can get a sleeve down there plus gas and still save money.

[FraserB]

Originally posted by Dave P
Better stock up on that mint or wintergreen, because as of Sat..........she gone.



I wonder if The Northerner will still be able to sell.

I think its bs anyways. Im over 30. If I want a tin of Cope WG, I should be able to damn well buy one haha.

Maybe enforce the min age laws harder.

Then again, maybe its a good reason to give it up, as $30/tin is getting up there hahah

It would be fairly hard to enforce the minimum age laws much more than what is currently happening.

Stores already ID if they think someone looks under 25 or 30 and the people who are underage are either getting a friend to buy it, paying someone of age to buy or stealing from their parents. At a store level, it's near impossible to stop a straw purchase, let alone decline a sale based on the belief that someone is buying for someone else.

When I worked at the gas station, I could really crack down on it since I really didn't care about complaints since it was a job while I was in school. But there are people who do need that job who will be much more lax just to keep people happy.

[quick_scar]

So this explains why I was having a hard time finding those little cherry cigar things. Fuck.


Anyone want to bring me back some from the states?

[Kobe]

More info on this? Will it be on Snus as well? That will kind of suck... sigh I guess I'm trying to quit might be more reason...

[cycosis]

Is sheesha gonna be banned? Already damn near impossible to find int he city other than oakridge foods

[HiTempguy1]

Why would a kid want to spend $30 on a tin?

When I was younger, I blew my money on some pretty stupid shit, but $30 for a little tin of chew? Screw that, just get amped on redbulls

Is this affecting the sale of captain blacks? My sweet baby jesus, after a good night of drinking, a gold captain black is the ticket!

[ercchry]

thank god for the internet and shady online merchants

[quick_scar]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
Is this affecting the sale of captain blacks? My sweet baby jesus, after a good night of drinking, a gold captain black is the ticket!

Looks like it. Captain blacks, colts, primetime, etc... all disappearing

[quick_scar]

Maybe it time to switch to something more healthy like weed. Easier to get my hands on it then it will be for primetimes.

[Dave P]

And also, how did e-cigs and menthol cigs not get the boot.

Stupid.

[Graham_A_M]

Frick, I used to smoke grape and peach flavored prime times... Shitty deal

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by Dave P


I think its bs anyways. Im over 30. If I want a tin of Cope WG, I should be able to damn well buy one haha.

Maybe enforce the min age laws harder.

Then again, maybe its a good reason to give it up, as $30/tin is getting up there hahah

I quit last fall after 9 years. Still crave it. I suppose not selling it anymore will make it easy to forget about though.

I don't hate the ban, I am wondering how much impact it will have though.

[tirebob]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb


I quit last fall after 9 years. Still crave it. I suppose not selling it anymore will make it easy to forget about though.

I don't hate the ban, I am wondering how much impact it will have though.

I quit chewing Copenhegan almost 20 years ago and to this day I still have dreams I am chewing... lol!

[rage2]

Originally posted by Dave P
And also, how did e-cigs and menthol cigs not get the boot.

Stupid.

Banning menthol would fuck over all the grandmas. But hey if you wanna ban all that might as well go all out and ban all tobacco products. While we're at it we should ban all alcohol too because drinking and driving is bad and it kills people.

[Robin Goodfellow]

This better not include my backwoods....

[Fly Fishin']

....are blunt wraps in there?

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by Dave P
And also, how did e-cigs and menthol cigs not get the boot.

Stupid.

I dunno about the e-cig part. But the reason menthols weren't banned - lobbyists.

[BensonTT]

Originally posted by lil*tymer
You're just better off doing a run to Montana anyways. You can get a sleeve down there plus gas and still save money.

Drive 6+ hours to buy smokes? You must have lots of time on your hand LoL

[CompletelyNumb]

I'd be surprised if the NDP didn't ammend the bill to include a ban on menthols.