There are very few dedicated tobacconists left in the UK. I’m not sure whether smoking has declined markedly (I suppose I should know that but having tried to find my way around the National Statistics Office website I am still no wiser) but certainly the number of dedicated tobacconists has. However most tobacconists on items that were not readily available in every local convenience store or supermarket ie cigarettes. My own observation would suggest, for example, that there are very few pipe smokers today. However almost opposite my hotel in Ayr was a tobacconist with a wonderful array of items from the past:
