Tobacconist

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Tobacconist's, Tobacco Shop, Cigarette Shop, Cigarettes

Category

Concessions, Shops

Message / Function

To indicate a place where tobacco and tobacco-related articles are sold

	Source	Description
	UIC 413	Side view of pipe and cigarette packet, three cigarettes projecting from packet
	UIC 413 b	Side view of pipe and cigarette packet, three cigarettes projecting from packet
	DB 2017	Side view of pipe and cigarette packet, three cigarettes projecting from packet
	O'72	Side view of pipe and cigarette packet
	TC	Side view of pipe and tobacco tin with oval label
	Dreyfuss	Side view of cigarette packet, three cigarettes projecting from packet
	MartyInkTank	Side view of open cigarette packet, one cigarette protruding
	Dinosoft Labs	Side view of open cigarette packet, one cigarette protruding, all in outline
	D'source	Parallel projection of cigarette packet, five cigarettes protruding from packet
	WTO-Portugal	Side view of pipe

Discussion

The set of pictograms available to indicate a place where tobacco and tobacco-related articles are sold is rather limited. Searching for pictograms online using the search term Tobacconist yields mostly variants for the referent Smoking, like cigarettes or pipes with smoke indicated. Such pictograms pose a high risk of being misunderstood.

In our research we did not discover any test data concerning the referent Tobacconist, so no statement can be made concerning comprehensibility of the pictograms available. But we expect that a high percentage of people probably will correctly identify the elements displayed in the pictograms above.