Convenience Stores Remove Opaque Window Films... "Crime Prevention Effect"

Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign Conducted

The Korea Convenience Store Industry Association announced on the 17th that it plans to remove the opaque sheets attached to convenience store entrance doors and glass windows in accordance with the regulatory improvement recommendations from the Office for Government Policy Coordination.

A convenience store in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, has an opaque sheet attached.
Photo by Im Chunhan

This recommendation is expected to become a successful case of regulatory improvement aimed at ensuring the safety of convenience store workers, protecting citizens, and preventing crime. As part of their ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) activities, convenience stores will attach posters to their exterior glass windows to prevent youth smoking and will conduct anti-smoking campaigns.

The Regulatory Adjudication Division under the Office for Government Policy Coordination recommended to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and other relevant bodies on the same day to remove the translucent sheets attached to convenience stores by next month and replace them with anti-smoking advertisements. The method of attaching anti-smoking advertisements will be finalized through discussions between the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the competent authority, and related industries.

Lee Geon-jun, chairman of the Korea Convenience Store Industry Association, said, “We appreciate the mediation and decision of the Office for Government Policy Coordination regarding the rationalization of tobacco advertising regulations in retail stores,” and added, “We will actively engage in youth smoking prevention campaigns along with expanding the social functions and roles of convenience stores.”

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