Jump to full article: The Local.se (se), 2008-04-21
Intro: Every other Swede wants to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in grocery stores, according to a new study from the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden).
Overall, 57 percent of Swedes polled support prohibiting the sale of tobacco products in grocery stores.
In its annual report on cancer the Cancer Society demands that smoking be treated as the next major health policy issue.
"Cancer has now become an established issue in the political debate and we can be happy that the government has established an inquiry to develop a national cancer strategy. It is high time politicians tackled the problem of tobacco smoking. The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) ought to adopt principles for prevention and the inquiry ought to also include concrete proposals about tobacco," Cancer Society secretary general Ursula Tengelin said in a statement.
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