Jump to full article: Sunday Business Post (ie), 2008-06-01
Author: Lyndsay McGregor
Intro: Health minister Mary Harney is close to introducing a ban on the sale of cigarettes through vending machines and the ending of in-store advertising for tobacco products.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said that Harney would shortly announce a commencement date to extend the Public Health Tobacco Acts 2002 and 2004, including a ban on all displays and in-store advertising of cigarettes and tobacco.
In a survey by the Office of Tobacco Control earlier this year, 92 per cent of shops visited had some form of tobacco advertisement on display.
The minister will also introduce legislation to allow for combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products. This is in addition to the ban on the sale of ten packs of cigarettes that came into force in May 2007, in an effort to curb smoking among young people.
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