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Legislation could mean end of road for tobacco retailers.
(From Off Licence News)
Byline: Emma Eversham and Christine Boggis
Tobacco retailers are braced for legislation which could prove at best costly - and at worst stop them selling the product .
Thousands of retailers would face "considerable operational and equipment costs" if the government went ahead with plans to ban the display of cigarettes and tobacco, according to the Association of Convenience Stores.
And stores will be forced to stop selling tobacco if the government introduces a positive licensing system, because there is not enough money in it, says the ACS.
Spokesman Shane Brennan said retailers would once again "bear the burden" of legislation on smoking. Brennan said: "It has huge implications in terms of equipment costs and operational costs. We need to make a clear case of what those will be when the government launches its consultation." The government is considering both a positive licensing system, in which retailers would need a licence to sell tobacco, and a negative system, where they would lose the right to sell tobacco if they were caught repeatedly selling to under-18s. ...
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