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Back to the futureThe year is 1920. Alcohol has just been prohibited in the United States and rum-running is roaring business. Your average Jane and Joe, looking for a cocktail or an after-work whiskey, will find themselves in a speakeasy, funding the underworld and lining the pockets of the likes of Al Capone as they sip their illicit drinks. Fast-forward almost 100 years. As a non-smoker, I'm a happier person for no-smoking rules in malls and glassed-off areas in restaurants. But I'm also not stupid enough to think that if cigarettes as a whole are banned, that people are just going to quit smoking. They won't. And the market, well, it'll just move underground like it did all those decades ago. Considering there are some countries whose main export is tobacco - just think what it'll do to their economy. And all that sin tax? It certainly won't be going to the state coffers anymore. So while keeping cigarettes on store shelves and in the pockets of smokers around the world is its business, BAT does have a point when it says that keeping tobacco legal is a better option than criminalising the industry. What do you think? Stay warm! Shan Radcliffe, Group Head - Retail (@Biz_Retail)
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Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your retail news to retailnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-retail@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news".Weekly top storiesJeff Wright has resigned as Country Bird Holdings (CBH) CE after five years at the helm‚ the poultry producer said on Friday. Read more >> |
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Jeff Wright has resigned as Country Bird Holdings (CBH) CE after five years at the helm‚ the poultry producer said on Friday. Read more >> |
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The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) invites entries to the Exporter of the Year Awards from any company engaged in export. There are five categories: Large, Medium, Small and Emerging companies and a special category for export into Africa. Another special award for a contribution to BEE will also be made. Read more >> |
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[Linda Ensor] All suppliers active within the consumer goods and services industry will have to comply with the industry code of conduct and ombudsman scheme, once it is approved by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Read more >> |
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YANGON, MYANMAR: Vodafone and China Mobile said on Friday they were dropping out of the race to enter Myanmar, one of the world's last unexplored mobile telephone frontiers. Read more >> |
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SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday said he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at Internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass. Read more >> |
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Veteran US talk show host Larry King has announced that he is joining Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded English-language TV station that primarily broadcasts Moscow's views on world affairs. Read more >> |
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BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by angry Chinese Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise, state media reported yesterday. Read more >> |
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