Move will not stop smoking

Big Brother is at us again, this time to make shopkeepers, supermarkets and tobacco outlets hide cigarettes, cigars and tobacco under their counters to prevent the younger generation taking up smoking.

Every individual in the country has the warning of how bad smoking is for you rammed down their throats every day by the media and advertising.

So it is a free choice whether they smoke or not.

What good is hiding tobacco products under the counter going to do? If you hide something it naturally makes you want to know what is being hidden.

This will be the death nail to all traditional tobacconist shops and will lead to more unemployment.

After the Dunblane massacre, guns were made illegal to own, what has happened since?

The black market in guns and ammunition is rife and there are more guns in the wrong hands on the streets than ever before.

Drugs are out of sight but I would imagine they have the biggest turnover and are outstripping most of our largest industries in profits.

Driving tobacco products out of sight will make them all the more tempting to the younger generation. It's a natural instinct. What's next Big Brother?

Hide all the alcohol products in public houses?

R West, Telford