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Petition update, 24 February 2009

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The current proposal would not meet Government objectives to prevent underage smoking and in addition would have detrimental effects such as: - it will seriously affect the livelihoods of independent retailers and force some out of business; - it will cause retailers substantial unnecessary expense to pay for shop redesigns; - it will allow unfair competitive advantage to supermarkets who can more easily absorb refits both logistically and financially; - it could cause small shops to lose customers to supermarkets where they expect to find a full range of tobacco products at lower prices (small shops need to be able to display available products and prices to compete with supermarkets); - it will cause longer serving times which will lead to lost footfall and sales of non-tobacco items with customers (including non-smokers) buying goods at bigger retail outlets; - it could result in increased health and safety risks for shopkeepers as they bend to retrieve product from under the counter; - it will increase the possibility of theft as retailers are distracted from viewing the shopfloor; - and it could facilitate, encourage and increase the trade in illegal products.

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• Ross Baker
• Denise Thomas
• william anthony anderson
• mahmud ali
• andrew greenhouse
• J.P. BRIDGEMAN
• Ibrar Aziz
• Chris Cant
• salim hudda
• Charles Day
• Mick Martin
• brendan padmore
• sritharan(BESTONE)
• Gillian Ruth Miller
• Joe Rushton
• Alan Miller
• Ann O'Brien
• Vicky Miller
• findlay stewart
• M.A.Williamson
• Donna Mckay
• Ravi Raveendran
• Glynn Roberts
• Terry Foord
• CHRIS TULLOCK
• MICHAEL PHILLIPS
• mark dudden
• Alison Rowley
• balwinder dhillon
• Vikki Silvester
• Clive R Ellis
• ABDUL SATTAR
• G.MATHEWS
• Ian Benney
• Heather Herron
• Mr S Patel
• John Greenwood
• Lorna Houston
• Patricia Nutt
• elizabeth tregilgas
• Louise Stevens
• Priscilla cole
• jamie dixon
• h.r.gharu
• Kathryn Giles
• Joseph Thompson
• Chris Beck
• Chris Rudder
• James Barnard
• Jayshree Patel
• Hasmita Patel
• Dinkur Patel
• Soban Shan
• Terry Simms
• GUY WRIGHT
• susan starkie
• Victoria Onayemi
• marian and barry pinch
• harshad karia
• A Chopra
• ben bedwell
• Lynn Lamb
• John Lamb
• John Green
• Angela coombes
• Tony Rickard
• Malcolm Blower
• Heather Turpin
• David Kerr
• William LeVaillant
• Claire McElhinney
• Matthew Southern
• HEATHER STEBBINGS
• Mark Green
• Samantha webster
• David John Milner
• Paul Forte
• Balbir Singh
• l.haberfield
• HOWARD DESMOND
• Angela White
• Rebecca Leche
• David Jones
• m avery
• BALRAJ BASRA
• Barbara Cox
• Latonya Ball
• Christopher Hawkes
• SA Iddenden
• barot
• patel
• jaydrath patel
• Richard Elsy
• Craig Smith
• Yvonne Magowan
• wendy wood
• Paul Brown
• P. L. Spencer
• Mr B Mistry & Mrs K Mistry
• Mohammed Amanullah
• M I Thomas
• D Mangham
• Richard Blackaby
• John Simpson
• Paul Mountford
• Jenny Brown
• v weir
• john chenery
• Terry Buzec
• Ian Fish
• stuart sims
• mrs.s.siva
• Ian Kent
• terry foster
• Sanat Patel
• Mohammed Anwar
• mr uday patel
• james ashton
• imran safdar
• Meg Wimshurst
• Jatin Patel
• Jasbir Kaur
• Mrs Simarjit Uppal
• Helen Brook
• Mr Amardeep Uppal
• Dinesh Chotai
• K Reichmann
• Andy Nelson
• janet parker
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• Tammo Schwarz
• Ian Cousins
• Sophie Goodall
• Claire Park
• Lisa Price
• Mark Dury
• Nicola Cahill
• thomas cockburn
• John Potter
• dhinal shah
• m.sheikh
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• Mark Moss
• L Ralph
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• Anil Shah
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• sabir valli
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• Tony Peters
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• DR MARK J WALTON
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• M.Hobson
• bob galbraith
• Mrs G.A.Norman
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• Haz.Patel
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• Deryck Sommerville
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• ali choudry
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• Saima Choudry
• Roger Moorcroft
• Shanaz Choudry
• uma
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• Lindsay Wildbore
• B Parr
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• Redmond McWilliams
• Fraser Gilchrist
• Ron Morrison
• M Palmer
• David Worsfold
• James Hardaker
• Paul Weston
• Patrick William Henry
• Shirish G Patel
• Gauntleys of Nottingham
• joe milburn
• Kishore Mandalia
• RAJESH SHAH
• B.& S.Colquhoun
• Alfred Nestor
• anita joshi
• carmel dudley
• Mr A Marwaha
• Isobel Grant
• S Burgess
• Jonathan Dominic Hindson
• Kevin Walsh
• Jon Young
• Simon Hudson
• Shane Clarke
• corina mitchell
• keith garrard
• John Walker
• kamini kerr
• Brian E Meneely
• chris christopher
• colin davies
• Colin Gilmour
• Alan Bowkett
• Terry Simms
• Ruairi McKeagney
• RODGER NICHOLSON
• Ivan Walton
• Tony Jackson
• Robert Teal
• janet freemantle
• john burn
• BARRY HUNT
• Sarbjit Singh Dhillon
• barry light
• Anil Dayalji Rathod
• Lesley Gilbert
• Darren Gilbert
• Pamela Hasnip
• carol thygesen
• j.k.normington
• william loch
• John Emley
• BOB SHARDA
• Laura Milton
• Flavy D'silva
• arti asal
• sanjay asal
• vinod karania
• Simon Hockenhull
• sarah mason
• Martyn Gould
• Arnika Bhupal
• Stephen Farrow
• Rosalnd cobb
• karl rasmussen
• BHOLESH A.KAKIYA
• pat stewart
• Paresh Patel
• Chris Brook
• B. BROWN
• Paul Bond
• Roger Dunce
• nabi ahmed
• Andrew Morrison
• Frank Bell
• Justin Rudd
• Joe Blatchford
• bernard james cooper
• colin reed
• Jonathan Mitchell
• Nicola Stevens
• Prof Don Harper
• James M Smithers
• Mr David Sheppard
• Carol Young
• Keith Richardson
• Hugh Mynne
• L.S.Smith
• Dan Wheeler
• Paul Davis
• Adam Imanpour
• Robert Edge
• Christopher Morris
• Kristian Knudson
• Pauline Wallace
• Mike Edwardson
• Navin Patel
• peter blackman
• mr aw pearce
• John Terry
• alison scales
• John Ferguson
• Ian Ross
• Samuel Vidgen
• Andrew Woollock
• ROBERT POWELL
• JOHN MARTIN
• abdullah belim
• Jamie Widdop
• Mustafa Belim
• Donald Omand
• Bushra Choudry
• Paul O'Loughlin
• rick parisi
• Chas Webb
• RASHIK TRIVEDI
• mark lamb
• keith thomas
• Stephen Pirrie Barrie
• Andrew Gibbs
• Adrian Lesley
• Pamela Bailey
• Norman Bailey
• PETER HOWARD
• Brian Hunt
• eric carpenter
• Mira Rishi
• Peter Burkimsher

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