tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post3708566304789301424..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Package artEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-12426742773997529522012-10-05T09:06:35.735+13:002012-10-05T09:06:35.735+13:00It's hard to make a case for it given that the...It's hard to make a case for it given that they've already banned retail displays. And the best consensus of sane people, whether they like tobacco or not, is that abolishing the brands does more to push people to lower cost products (difference between high and low end smokes narrows); given price elasticity of demand, they then smoke more rather than less.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-10337465098874466072012-10-05T08:31:56.953+13:002012-10-05T08:31:56.953+13:00I can't say I favour moves towards plain packa...I can't say I favour moves towards plain packaging for tobacco products. I still think it is a person's individual choice to smoke or not, and while smoking is still legal in NZ I find it difficult to get my head around govt stripping companies of their IP. It just seems wrong to me.Latsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-88910635244186289362012-10-04T15:10:04.535+13:002012-10-04T15:10:04.535+13:00When I think of artwork on a bottle I think of Sto...When I think of artwork on a bottle I think of Stolichnaya's limited edition bottle with artwork by Yuri Gorbachev. <br /><br /><br />http://www.yurigorbachev.com/art/stoli_paintings/slides/stolichnaya-poster.jpg<br />Although a regular bottle of Stoli is already a work of art.Quoth the Ravennoreply@blogger.com