I get the intent behind hiding tobacco products, especially for kids. But as an adult, walking into a store with no menu, no prices, and no visible options feels unnecessarily awkward.
You’re expected to already know exactly what you want. If you’re trying to switch to a lower nicotine or tar option, you don’t really have a way to compare or even know what’s available anymore.
As an adult, should you actually have the right to see what legal products are available before buying them?
an addict does not need a menu to shop around for smokes
If you’re quitting by tapering off your nicotine intake, it helps to know the nicotine content of what you’re smoking. Vape juice has this info; but you can’t see it from behind the counter and the cashiers don’t fucking know off-hand.
then you ask, they check and tell you
I did and the answer is I don’t know. They don’t even print the tar and nicotine levels on the package anymore.
Then displaying prominently and/or allow free access to the public (like they do with snacks) will not help anyway so no need to do that
At the end of the day, if you are serious about quitting, you’d talk to your doctor and get on a plan that includes a gum or patch… switching to a lighter brand is just fooling yourself
She has tried laser (pretty sure it is a rip), patches and pills (bad dreams). She likes smoking so this is the only thing I can think of and it is impossible to do it now.
well, know this is not a solution, not even a step forward… have her talk to an actual doctor, they could address all these issues
She went this route, Bupropion.