Sureline way to beat young smokers
Published Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Posted by Nick Eyriey
Editorial director Nick Eyriey is an experienced and respected journalist having spent some 20 years in the local and national press working with newspapers such as The Yorkshire Post, Today, The Sun, and the Mail on Sunday.
A Cornish vending machine company has come up with an initiative aimed at thwarting under-aged smokers.
Under current agreements, virtually all machines in public houses are within sight of a barperson. But to further aid the publican, Launceston-based Sureline Vending Services has developed a radio frequency controller that stops the machine being used in pubs until activated by bar staff.
The bar staff sees the person and can ID them, in the same way as they would for alcohol. Until activated the machine rejects all coins. Once activated, after one vend the machine reverts to disabled mode.
Sureline director Phil Smith said: “We believe this is the definitive answer to the constant accusation that minors are sourcing cigarettes from vending machines. No publican would risk his license by allowing a machine to be activated for a minor.”
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Last year on my holiday in Spain, they had machines like that in some of the pubs, they do have ways around the machines, but they also have the new “temperance” movement who have zero tolerance for things they do not like.