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• Northern Ireland | Cigarette display ban is approved 

Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2009-03-03

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The Assembly has approved a ban on the display of tobacco items in shops in Northern Ireland.

The Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he wanted the ban to come into force late next year.

However, DUP politicians argued that it should be delayed until 2013 in order to give retailers the time to fund changes to their premises.

Mr McGimpsey argued that MLAs should not put "wealth before health" and that the ban would save lives.

"Currently in Northern Ireland about 9% of 11 to 16-year-olds regularly smoke," he said.

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