Jump to full article: Kingston (Ont) Whig-Standard (ca), 2008-05-07
Intro: With convenience stores earning up to 60 per cent of their revenue from tobacco sales, it's no surprise that Cochrane and other store owners are furious about a provincial law that comes into effect May 31 that will make it harder for them to sell tobacco.
The new law requires Ontario's approximately 20,000 cigarette-selling retailers to hide the tobacco they sell and distribute it from a covered place.
For people like Cochrane, that means spending $2,500 on a specially designed wall of small cabinets that can be individually opened and shut as cigarettes are sold.
It's a cost that he said may cause him to raise the price of cigarettes. He fears it may chase away customers. . . .
Working with the Kingston Korean Business Association and the Ontario Korean Business Association, he has arranged to have an advertising company install and build his cabinet.
In exchange for the free case, the company will place ads on it, including a flat-screen TV.
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