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Small retailers plead for support in opposing law to ban displays of tobacco products  

Jump to full article: Electronic Telegraph (uk), 2009-09-28
Author: Jamie Dunkley

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A group representing 18,000 independent UK retailers has pleaded with Labour MPs to oppose new legislation that would ban tobacco products being displayed in shops.

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) said the proposals failed to protect small retailers and were a concession to the "onslaught of misinformation from the anti smoking lobby".

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