Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free

Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by riffraff on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:32AM (#26399106)

I'm pretty sure the regulation is violated all the time everywhere, i.e. vending machines that require some local electronic card (e.g. to prove your age for sigarettes).

It's a pity, of course, but not a "new" problem.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by distances on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:38AM (#26399174)

Which EU countries have cigarette vending machines? I've never seen such a thing, in the countries I shop they're behind a cashier. Sometimes even hidden so that if you don't know what to ask for you're not getting it.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by detaro on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:42AM (#26399219)

Germany, Austria, Italy at least.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by majewsky on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:56AM (#26399362)

In Germany, cigarette vending machines were incredibly common until around 15 years ago, but I haven't seen one in ages. Between stricter age verification requirements, a decline in smoking in general, and vandalism towards those machines, the profit margin was probably stretched too slim to continue maintaining these machines.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by Dma54rhs on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:34AM (#26400457)

Spain as well, you can't get cigs from gas stations or super markets like in the UK.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by distances on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:44AM (#26399247)

Interesting, I'll have to keep my eyes a bit more open when traveling.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by eythian on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:47AM (#26399263)

Netherlands and Germany have them.

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