This
year the Victorian Government (Victorian by name Idiotic by Nature)
has banned the display of tobacco products in retail outlets.
Tobacco
product prices on the storage units are banned because it constitutes
advertising BUT you can put up a list of product names and prices on
the wall, this apparently does not constitute advertising. This just
doesn’t make sense at all.
Incidental
viewing of tobacco is not permitted and may only be visible when a
customer asks for a specific product. I thought the days of plain
paper packaging went out when you could walk out of a shop holding a
dildo and nobody took a blind bit of notice.
Staff
cannot suggest brands nor show you products unless a specific brand
or type is requested. So much for disabled smokers with the inability
to read, write or speak.
You
can’t smoke with children and
children cannot smoke with you. Children incidentally are any
persons under the age of 18. It appears that the moment you can vote
or legally kill someone you are allowed to kill yourself.
If
you appear younger than 25 you can be asked for proof of age. Poor
bloody midgets cop this one all the time.
Apparently
you can get pissed as a parrot and hurt other people but you can’t
have a puff and give yourself cancer.
What
sort of namby pamby woofy poofy politically correct state are we
living in. It is getting to the stage where you will need formal
permission to leave your house under the Occupational Health and
Safety Act and farting will be an offence against the Clean Air Act.
We
are about to undergo an extensive investigation as to whether product
placement of cigarettes contained in imported films are banned and
have to be pixelated. For instance in Superman III a packet of Camel
Cigarettes appears as a prop twice and is clearly identifiable by
any audience. Obviously intended for the children’s market this is
contrary to Australian Law.
We
welcome your input or comments on this matter.
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