How does this make sense?

[viclet]

Doctors in Wales are proposing that cigarettes should no longer be sold in packs of 10.

Is is just me that find this utterly ludicrous?  I agree that it could put younger people off, as a pack of 20 now cost over £5, but otherwise it's completely counter-intuitive.
I can't remember the last time I bought a packet of 20 cigarettes.  OK, I usually

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[icklemichael]

I cannot remember the last time I bought anything but a packet of 20... :)

[talking_dog]

re giving Up

Good for you Hun *Hugs*

[echristo]

wouldn't be a problem if you gave them up right? :)

good luck on that and if you need any encouragement just say so!

[meus_profiteor]

Could you not just buy a pack of 20 and then leave half of them somewhere like your car or your flat?

[viclet]

In what, remembering that there won't be packs of 10 to decant them into? :-p

Packs of 10 also fit much more easily into a handbag, but that's just a girly issue which I will set aside.

And... I could, but see what I said in the post about self-control...

[lainey316]

This has been in in Ireland since May. It's very annoying, not least because of the handbag issue you mentioned.