Article in my local newspaper.

[mikeb]

Yep, seen it before. It's actually an advert for a cig-a-like seller.

[Greigster]

If you look at the top centre, you will see that it is an "advertorial" It is just an advert dressed up to make it look like a news/information article.

Anything like that, is designed to mislead people and get them to buy expensive tat under the guise of offering unbiased advice in my opinion.

I would not touch it with a bargepole.

I don't know why they don't just advertise it for what it is, rather than dressing it up to look like something that it isn't. They are obviously not too confident in their own product and nor am I.

[snapper]

Have you read the smallprint at the bottom? They're having a laugh surely.

Exclusive Offer Terms: By placing an order you will be enrolled in our refill membership program. This program will ship 10 refills (equivalent to 20 packs of traditional cigarettes) for £69.99 on the 15th day and every 30 days thereafter. You can cancel or modify your membership anytime by calling customer service found in your email receipt.

£69.99 a month.

[Karma]

May be worth reading this thread

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/5233/warning-order-free-trials-ads

I'm going to delete the link in the first post.

[Raffles]

Jun 1, 2013 20:11:27 GMT snapper said:

Have you read the smallprint at the bottom? They're having a laugh surely.

Exclusive Offer Terms: By placing an order you will be enrolled in our refill membership program. This program will ship 10 refills (equivalent to 20 packs of traditional cigarettes) for £69.99 on the 15th day and every 30 days thereafter. You can cancel or modify your membership anytime by calling customer service found in your email receipt.

£69.99 a month.

Ouch!!!... I think I'd put them in the same class as 'PayDay Loans'.

Where are Trading Standards people when you need them?