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Another tobacco shop arsoned. Is it terrible that seeing as I donβt smoke or vape or participate in illegal tobacco gang warfare, I donβt care one bit. If they wanna bomb each other out of existence, probably works out just fine for the rest of us.
As a on-and-off-again quitter/smoker (I'm trying π) it makes me laugh too. When I buy a pouch it's from woolies, not a smoke shop.
I don't buy illegal smokes, so I say let them burn each other up. If I'm gonna smoke, I'm gonna pay my bloody taxes for it.
I quit years ago but if the choice was illegal Manchester tailor mades, chop-chop or a colesworth pouch I'd go the pouch out of preference.
Try nicotinell patches, you get a month's supply for the same price of a couple days nicabate. Plus the dreams are awwwweeesooome
Problem is this activity also affects legitimate tobacco businesses that just happened to he competitors, to say nothing of the neighbouring businesses who have nothing to do with it getting their shops burnt out.
Yes that part of it is pretty awful for innocent businesses affected. I do wonder how it will stop. Iβm guessing either the police have to sufficiently dismantle one or both of the gangs, (unlikely) or the gangs themselves have to negotiate a peace (more unlikely), or collesworth starts selling vapes and puts them both out of business (even more unlikely). I am open to more hypotheses.